Fungi are ideal model organisms for dissecting the genomic bases of adaptive divergence
in eukaryotes. They have simple morphologies and small genomes, occupy contrasting, well‐…

During the last two decades since the identification and characterization of T cell potassium
channels great advances have been made in the understanding of the role of these …

Anther-smut fungi provide a powerful system to study host–pathogen specialization and
coevolution, with hundreds of Microbotryum species specialized on diverse Caryophyllaceae …

Background Scorpions like other venomous animals posses a highly specialized organ that
produces, secretes and disposes the venom components. In these animals, the last …

In mycobacteria, various type VII secretion systems corresponding to different ESX (ESAT-6
secretory) types, are contributing to pathogenicity, iron acquisition, and/or conjugation. In …

Sex chromosomes can display successive steps of recombination suppression known as “evolutionary
strata,” which are thought to result from the successive linkage of sexually …

Convergent adaptation provides unique insights into the predictability of evolution and
ultimately into processes of biological diversification. Supergenes (beneficial gene linkage) are …

Among the scorpion venom components whose function are poorly known or even show
contrasting pharmacological results are those called “orphan peptides”. The most widely …

Domestication provides an excellent framework for studying adaptive divergence. Using
population genomics and phenotypic assays, we reconstructed the domestication history of the …

Animal venoms are rich sources of ligands for studying ion channels and other pharmacological
targets. Proteomic analyses of the soluble venom from the Mexican scorpion Vaejovis …