Understanding temporal regulation of development remains an important challenge. Whereas average, species-typical timing of many developmental processes has been established, less is known about inter-individual variability and correlations in timing of specific...

The primary role of pheromones is to communicate salient social information about the sender – sex, age, status, health, etc. In C. elegans, both males and hermaphrodites (which could be thought of as being essentially female) secrete blends of social signals...

Males and females pursue different reproductive strategies, which often bring them into conflict— many traits exist that benefit one sex at a cost to another. Decreased female survival following mating dramatically demonstrates one aspect of this phenomenon....