Events

Programmed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds

Wetter climates select for higher immune gene diversity in resident, but not migratory, songbirds

A sex chromosome inversion is associated with copy number variation of mitochondrial DNA in zebra finch sperm

Pre- and post-copulatory traits working in concert: sexual dichromatism in passerines is associated with sperm morphology

Divergent allocation of sperm and the seminal proteome along a competition gradient in Drosophila melanogaster

Extra‐pair paternity in birds

Parental genetic similarity and offspring performance in blue tits in relation to brood size manipulation

Telomere attrition predicts reduced survival in a wild social bird, but short telomeres do not

Cryptic haplotype-specific gamete selection yields offspring with optimal MHC immune genes

Selection for longer lived sperm within ejaculate reduces reproductive ageing in offspring

Plumage microbiota covaries with MHC in blue petrels

Sperm is a sexual ornament in rose bitterling

MHC and blood parasites in yellowthroats

Sperm morphology and paternity in collared flycatchers

Extrapair paternity in Blue Tits

Macroevolution in tanagers

Speedy speciation

Variation in extrapair paternity among fairy wrens

Evolution of avian egg shape

MHC and the immune system

Differential sperm storage by female zebra finches