• Deceleration of morphological evolution in a cryptic species complex and its link to paleontological stasis 

      Cerca, Jose; Meyer, Christian; Stateczny, Dave; Siemon, Dominik; Wegbrod, Jana; Purschke, Günter; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Struck, Torsten H (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Morphological stasis or the absence of morphological change is a well-known phenomenon in the paleontological record, yet it is poorly integrated with neontological evidence. Recent evidence suggests that cryptic species ...
    • The evolution of female-biased genital diversity in bedbugs (Cimicidae) 

      Roth, Steffen; Siva-Jothy, Michael T.; Balvín, Ondřej; Morrow, Edward H.; Willassen, Endre; Reinhardt, Klaus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Rapid genitalia evolution is believed to be mainly driven by sexual selection. Recently, noncopulatory genital functions have been suggested to exert stronger selection pressure on female genitalia than copulatory functions. ...