https://meep-lab.com/tag/reproductive-evolution/Reproductive EvolutionWowchemy (https://wowchemy.com)en-ushttps://meep-lab.com/media/logo.svghttps://meep-lab.com/tag/reproductive-evolution/https://meep-lab.com/ongoing/cosexuality/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://meep-lab.com/ongoing/cosexuality/<p>Mosses have diverse reproductive systems, making them useful for studying how sexual strategies evolve. This project examines transitions among reproductive modes in mosses, with a focus on connections among sexual system, genome structure, and chromosome evolution. We are especially interested in cases where mosses depart from separate male and female functions and evolve cosexual or otherwise complex reproductive strategies. Using comparative genomics, phylogenetic approaches, and analyses of reproductive traits, this work asks how often these transitions occur, what genomic changes accompany them, and whether similar evolutionary patterns appear across independent moss lineages. A related part of this project explores sex chromosomes and intragenomic conflict in mosses, asking how reproductive traits and genome evolution influence one another over evolutionary time. Together, this research connects moss reproductive biology to larger questions about trait evolution, genome evolution, and the origins of biological diversity.</p>