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Daily Archives: 27 May, 2015
The diversity hiding in lizard blood
Pathogens have got this reproduction thing figured out. Clone yourself and grow populations quickly? Sure. Occasionally reproduce sexually? Absolutely. The have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too reproductive modes among biological lineages that are capable of both sexual and asexual reproduction throw a mighty wrench … Continue reading
Posted in evolution, speciation, species delimitation
Tagged BPP, cryptic diversity, pathogens, species concepts
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The genomics of bee sociality
Bee species cover the spectrum of sociality: there are solitary bees, there are eusocial bees – which are divided into facultative eusocial (the ones that can be either solitary or eusocial depending on external cues) and obligate eusocial bees, and … Continue reading