Drawing on empirical evidence and evolutionary theory, we argue that biological sex is most coherently defined as a binary classification of reproductive strategies rooted in anisogamy (the productio....

Author summary Many plants avoid self-fertilization through a system of self-incompatibility, which allows them to recognize and reject their own pollen. In plants like those in the Arabidopsis family...

In plants, a key example of convergence is the repeated evolution of floral traits associated with the transition from outcrossing to self-fertilization, often resulting in the ‘selfing syndrome’ (e.....

Florence Débarre démonte les hypothèses défendues par les auteurs du film "Covid, le secret des origines", posant la question du soutien qu'ils semblent apporter aux thèses conspirationnistes.

Marthe Gautier est à l’origine de la découverte du chromosome surnuméraire de la trisomie 21, anomalie génétique qui touche 50 000 personnes en France. À l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de la trisom...

Deux espèces peuvent se reproduire et échanger des gènes, c’est l’hybridation. Le plus souvent, les descendants survivent mal ou restent stériles. Parfois, des gènes utiles se diffusent, et plus rarem...

Fish Evolution, Genomes, and Reproduction

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Abstract. Evolutionary simulations of multiple chromosomes, even up to the scale of full-genome simulations, are becoming increasingly important in populat

Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R

Author Summary The role of natural selection in promoting or preventing genomic divergence between nascent species remains highly debated. As long as reproductive barriers remain incomplete, genetic m...

Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R

Abstract. The current economics of scientific publishing reveal a profound imbalance: academia pays prices far exceeding the actual costs of publication. R

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Abstract. Understanding the drivers of biodiversity is a central goal in evolutionary biology. In particular, sexual selection has long been proposed as a