Alfons Weig

Quantifying niche overlap and transgression in allopolyploid hybrids: Case study of Sorbus subgenus Aria

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Apomixis, the formation of seeds without recombination, facilitates adaptation and persistence under environmental change. By preserving hybrid genotypes over long time periods, apomixis may conserve adaptive trait combinations from parental niche margins. We...

Parental niche construction buffers microbial and competitive challenges and drives offspring dependence in burying beetles

Parents across diverse taxa modify the biotic or abiotic environments of their offspring. Such modifications may constitute ecological inheritance and are central to developmental niche construction, whereby organisms shape developmental conditions and selective pressures experie...