A ubiquinone precursor analogue does not clearly increase the growth rate of .

The evolution of developmental rates may drive morphological change. develops nearly twice as slowly as . encodes a hydroxylase required for synthesizing ubiquinone, and mutant slow growth phenotypes can be rescued by supplying animals with a ubiquinone precursor analogue, 2,4-dihydroxybenzoate.

The Bacteria of a Fig Microcommunity.

Unlabelled: Understanding the biotic drivers of diversity is a major goal of microbial ecology. One approach towards tackling this issue is to interrogate relatively simple communities that are easy to observe and perturb. Figs (syconia) of the genus represent such a system.

Opposing directions of stage-specific body shape change in a close relative of C. elegans.

Background: Body size is a fundamental organismal trait. However, as body size and ecological contexts change across developmental time, evolutionary divergence may cause unexpected patterns of body size diversity among developmental stages. This may be particularly evident in polyphenic developmental stages specialized for dispersal.