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Queens of Leptothorax are predominantly singly-mated [ 40, 46], but occasional multiple mating might introduce intra-sexual conflict and thus increase the evolutionary tempo of seminal fluid proteins.

Vertebrates and invertebrates show striking differences in the evolutionary tempo and mode of PGRP genes.

We then used this phylogeny to investigate the evolutionary tempo and mode of hydrocarbon profile divergence, represented by DF1 and DF2, as well as of the individual hydrocarbon components.

Analyses based on the time-calibrated phylogenetic tree were performed to quantify the evolutionary tempo and mode of diversification in Liolaemus, with focus on both lineage and body size diversity.

The temporal correlation of the increase of eukaryotic diversity and evolutionary tempo (Fig. 1 b, c) with the Neoproterozoic icehouse further supports the idea that these two processes were causally related.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05463.012 We next tested if the observed morphospace occupation differences within Diplogastridae and across Rhabditina reflected shifts in evolutionary tempo, specifically with the gain or loss of the mouth polyphenism.

First, the appearance of bimodal plasticity coincides with a burst of complexity and increase in evolutionary tempo.

10.7554/eLife.05463.008 Figure 3. Developmental plasticity, morphological disparity, and evolutionary tempo in diplogastrid nematodes.

In animals, several empirical studies suggested that rodents have a higher evolutionary tempo than primates, indicating an inverse relationship between evolutionary rate and generation time [ 5, 6, 10].

Understanding the evolutionary mode and tempo of these receptors would shed substantial novel insights into the underlying evolution mechanisms of cognition in vertebrate.

The true tempo of evolutionary radiation and decline revealed on the Hawaiian Archipelago.