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Schärer Group
Evolutionary Biology
Zoological Institute
University of Basel
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CH-4051 Basel
Switzerland
Press
Coverage of 'Mating behavior and the evolution of sperm design'
(see here for PDFs of the article)

Our 2011 PNAS article on the evolution of sperm design in Macrostomum has received quite a wide international coverage, both in print news, online news portals and blogs. Here is a selection of the ones we either liked best or found most notorious:
X-rated worm movies reveal sex secrets (pdf)
in Nature News by Amy Maxmen
The many styles of sperm (pdf)
in Nature Research Highlights
Das bizarre Paarungsverhalten der Zwitterwürmer (pdf) (video)
(the bizarre mating behavior of the hermaphroditic worms)
on Spiegel Online by Kurt de Swaaf
The sexual battles of flatworms: barbed sperm, mating rings, traumatic insemination, and going down on yourself
in the Not Exactly Rocket Science blog by Ed Yong
'Worm Porn' Sheds Light on Evolution of Sperm
in the Live Science news portal by Wynne Parry
Eine Frage, Herr Doktor: Was lernen wir vom Sex der Plattwürmer? (pdf)
(One question, Doctor: What can we learn from flatworm sex?)
in the Swiss tabloid Blick by Kathia Baltisberger
Worm sex and spiky sperm
in the It takes 30 blog of the Department of Systems Biology @ Harvard Medical School
Geschlechterkampf im Kleinformat
(gender war en miniature)
An article by Kurt de Swaaf on our work on sex allocation and sexual conflicts in Macrostomum lignano. It appeared in late 2009 in the Basler Zeitung, the major local newspaper of the region, with pointers on the front cover and the cover of the section (pdf).
Wie die Geschlechter entstanden sind
(on the origin of gender)
An article by Lukas Schärer in a special Darwin-year issue of UNI NOVA, the science journal of the University of Basel (pdf of article and pdf of entire special issue).
Zwitter im Zwiespalt
(hermaphrodites in discord)
An article by Reto Caluori on our work on reproduction and sexual conflicts in Macrostomum lignano. It appeared in late 2007 in UNI NOVA, the science journal of the University of Basel (pdf).
Der Zwittersex-Forscher
(the hermaphrodite sex researcher)
An short television feature that was broadcast in mid 2007 by the Swiss channel SF1 in the science program Einstein on our work on reproductive behaviour and sexual conflicts in Macrostomum lignano (video).
Das Sexualverhalten von Zwittern
(the reproductive behaviour of hermaphrodites)
An article by Georg Breuer on our work on reproductive behaviour and sexual conflicts in Macrostomum. It appeared in early 2005 in the German Science Journal Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau (pdf).
Auch Zwitter führen erbitterten Geschlechterkampf
(hermaphrodites have fierce gender conflicts too)
An article by Susanne Strnadl on our work on gender conflicts in hermaphrodites. It appeared on December 11, 2004 in the section 'Wissenschaft Spezial' (science special) in the weeked supplement 'Album' of the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard (pdf).
Männchen und Weibchen zugleich:
(male and female at the same time)
A 25 minute radio program recorded by Thomas Thaler in which I talk about hermaphrodites in the animal kingdom. 5 minutes of it were broadcast every morning in the last week of April 2004 as part of a series called 'Vom Leben der Natur' (of living nature) on the Austrian radio station Ö1 (click on the day to hear the program)
Monday: Vielfältige Sexualität (diverse sexuality)
Tuesday: Geschlechterwechsel in jede Richtung (sex change in all directions)
Wednesday: Eierhandel im Korallenriff (egg trading in the coral reef)
Thursday: Ein einfacher Organismus (a simple organism)
Friday: Ein durchsichtiger Wurm als Forschungsobjekt (a transparent worm as the study object)


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