Caption This image shows relationships between representative animal lineages and three important whole genome duplication events. The aftermath of the teleost-specific whole genome duplication is ...

What explains variation in female preference? This classic question in sexual selection has important implications for evolutionary theory and the generation of biodiversity. The guppy and closely ...

"These findings broaden our knowledge about the evolution of sex chromosomes and provide a solid foundation for future ...

Scientists now have the ability to sequence complex genomes from multicellular organisms. Does the genome size correlate with the complexity of the organism? The answer is surprising.

We are investigating the role of vertebrate evolution in shaping the history of life on Earth, including the growth and development of early humans and modern people.

Assumptions that may seem self-evident are not always accurate when it comes to the evolution of vertebrate brains.

Research in our group investigates a number of questions central to understanding animal evolution and development: What determines the lifelong regenerative capacity of some animal lineages ? How the ...