Parasitoid wasps exhibit remarkable diversity in life-history traits and are categorized into two major groups based on the timing of consumption: those that begin consuming the host before further ho...

This ten minute crossing is famous around the world - and is believed to be the last turntable style ferry anywhere. It's an iconic part of Skye's history, but it's under threat thanks to a wealthy la...

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The potential role of haplodiploid sex determination in promoting the evolution of altruism and eusociality has been the subject of intense debate ...

PhD Project - Why does altruism exist? at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi form symbioses with ~70% of plant species, building hyphal networks that exchange nutrients for host-derived carbon. These tubular networks move ~1 billion metric tons of ...

Many social insects respond to pathogens in ways that reduce pathogen transmission within their social groups, with behaviors such as grooming or r...

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I’m reading The Paradox of the Organism, a set of collected essays on this notion edited by Arvid Ågren and Manus M. Patten. It’s tremendously enlightening. It is also pretty consistent with the st…

Abstract. The suppression of recombination between sex chromosomes is a widespread feature of genetic sex determination systems. Competing explanations for

Despite the ecological importance of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, it is unclear to what extent these symbionts can act autonomously from plant h…

Native soil fungi, in addition to native plants and trees, are both essential for restoring forests on islands like Palmyra Atoll.

Symbioses can be vital on islands, where low species diversity leaves few alternative partners and the failure of associations can cascade into broade…

Replicating previous research builds confidence that results are real and meaningful. But close replications are rare due to limitations in resources and d

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Symbioses can be vital on islands, where low species diversity leaves few alternative partners and the failure of associations can cascade into broade…

Abstract. Bacterial persister cells are characterized by arrested growth and survival in normally lethal antibiotic concentrations. Observations of persist

I give an account of an undescribed ant species from Arizona that licks and nips the much larger workers of a different ant species in manner remarkably parallel to the actions of cleaner fish that c...

PhD Project - Evolution of host–microbe symbioses: linking horizontal gene transfer to ecological function at Queen Mary University of London, listed on FindAPhD.com

An insect that cooperates like bacteria

An insect that cooperates like bacteria