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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)
Recent multilocus studies of congeneric birds have shown a pattern of elevated interspecific divergence on the Z chromosome compared to the autosomes. In contrast, intraspecifically, birds exhibit less polymorphism on the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Postcopulatory sexual selection may select for male primary sexual characteristics like sperm morphology and sperm motility, through sperm competition or cryptic female choice. However, how such characteristics influence ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Sperm exhibit extraordinary levels of morphological diversification across the animal kingdom. In songbirds, sperm have a helically shaped head incorporating a distinct acrosomal membrane or “helical keel,” the form and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Many species, including humans, have emerged via complex reticulate processes involving hybridisation. Under certain circumstances, hybridisation can cause distinct lineages to collapse into a single lineage with an admixed ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Only one species of the genus Allodia has been previously recorded from the Afrotropical region, Allodia (Brachycampta) flavorufa Matile, 1978. Six new species are described here, all representing the nominotypical subgenus, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
In recent years, the field of sexual selection has exploded, with advances in theoretical and empirical research complementing each other in exciting ways. This perspective piece is the product of a “stock-taking” workshop ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are essential in vertebrate adaptive immunity, and they are highly diverse and duplicated in many lineages. While it is widely established that pathogen‐mediated selection ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Postcopulatory sexual selection may promote evolutionary diversification in sperm form, but the contribution of between‐species divergence in sperm morphology to the origin of reproductive isolation and speciation remains ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Positive selection acting on Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) has been recently investigated to reveal evolutionary mechanisms of host–pathogen molecular co‐adaptation. Much of this research, however, has focused mainly on the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
In a rapidly changing world, it is important to understand how urban environments impact wildlife. For example, supplementary feeding of birds, though well‐intended, might have unexpected negative effects on the health of ...