Search Results - "Journal of evolutionary biology"

Interpreting the genomic landscape of speciation: a road map for finding barriers to gene flow by Ravinet, M., Faria, R., Butlin, R. K., Galindo, J., Bierne, N., Rafajlović, M., Noor, M. A. F., Mehlig, B., Westram, A. M.

“…Speciation, the evolution of reproductive isolation among populations, is continuous, complex, and involves multiple, interacting barriers. Until it is…”
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Hybridization and speciation by Abbott, R., Albach, D., Ansell, S., Arntzen, J. W., Baird, S. J. E., Bierne, N., Boughman, J., Brelsford, A., Buerkle, C. A., Buggs, R., Butlin, R. K., Dieckmann, U., Eroukhmanoff, F., Grill, A., Cahan, S. H., Hermansen, J. S., Hewitt, G., Hudson, A. G., Jiggins, C., Jones, J., Keller, B., Marczewski, T., Mallet, J., Martinez‐Rodriguez, P., Möst, M., Mullen, S., Nichols, R., Nolte, A. W., Parisod, C., Pfennig, K., Rice, A. M., Ritchie, M. G., Seifert, B., Smadja, C. M., Stelkens, R., Szymura, J. M., Väinölä, R., Wolf, J. B. W., Zinner, D.

“…Hybridization has many and varied impacts on the process of speciation. Hybridization may slow or reverse differentiation by allowing gene flow and…”
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Multimodel inference in ecology and evolution: challenges and solutions by GRUEBER, C.E, NAKAGAWA, S, LAWS, R.J, JAMIESON, I.G

“…Information theoretic approaches and model averaging are increasing in popularity, but this approach can be difficult to apply to the realistic, complex models…”
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Trait differentiation and adaptation of plants along elevation gradients by Halbritter, Aud H., Fior, Simone, Keller, Irene, Billeter, Regula, Edwards, Peter J., Holderegger, Rolf, Karrenberg, Sophie, Pluess, Andrea R., Widmer, Alex, Alexander, Jake M.

“…Studies of genetic adaptation in plant populations along elevation gradients in mountains have a long history, but there has until now been neither a synthesis…”
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Ordinary least squares regression is indicated for studies of allometry by Kilmer, J. T., Rodríguez, R. L.

“…When it comes to fitting simple allometric slopes through measurement data, evolutionary biologists have been torn between regression methods. On the one hand,…”
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Weak evidence for anticipatory parental effects in plants and animals by Uller, T., Nakagawa, S., English, S.

“…The evolution of adaptive phenotypic plasticity relies on the presence of cues that enable organisms to adjust their phenotype to match local conditions…”
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What is reproductive isolation? by Westram, Anja M., Stankowski, Sean, Surendranadh, Parvathy, Barton, Nick

“…Reproductive isolation (RI) is a core concept in evolutionary biology. It has been the central focus of speciation research since the modern synthesis and is…”
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Epigenetics in natural animal populations by Hu, J., Barrett, R. D. H.

“…Phenotypic plasticity is an important mechanism for populations to buffer themselves from environmental change. While it has long been appreciated that natural…”
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Coevolutionary theory of hosts and parasites by Buckingham, Lydia J., Ashby, Ben

“…Host and parasite evolution are closely intertwined, with selection for adaptations and counter‐adaptations forming a coevolutionary feedback loop…”
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General quantitative genetic methods for comparative biology: phylogenies, taxonomies and multi-trait models for continuous and categorical characters by HADFIELD, J.D, NAKAGAWA, S

“…Although many of the statistical techniques used in comparative biology were originally developed in quantitative genetics, subsequent development of…”
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Meta‐analysis of magnitudes, differences and variation in evolutionary parameters by Morrissey, M. B.

“…Meta‐analysis is increasingly used to synthesize major patterns in the large literatures within ecology and evolution. Meta‐analytic methods that do not…”
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Ecological opportunity and the origin of adaptive radiations by YODER, J.B, CLANCEY, E, DES ROCHES, S, EASTMAN, J.M, GENTRY, L, GODSOE, W, HAGEY, T.J, JOCHIMSEN, D, OSWALD, B.P, ROBERTSON, J, SARVER, B.A.J, SCHENK, J.J, SPEAR, S.F, HARMON, L.J

“…Ecological opportunity - through entry into a new environment, the origin of a key innovation or extinction of antagonists - is widely thought to link…”
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Adult sex ratio variation: implications for breeding system evolution by Székely, T, Weissing, F. J, Komdeur, J

“…Adult sex ratio (ASR) exhibits immense variation in nature, although neither the causes nor the implications of this variation are fully understood. According…”
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Adaptation to an extraordinary environment by evolution of phenotypic plasticity and genetic assimilation by LANDE, R

“…Adaptation to a sudden extreme change in environment, beyond the usual range of background environmental fluctuations, is analysed using a quantitative genetic…”
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The total opportunity for sexual selection and the integration of pre‐ and post‐mating episodes of sexual selection in a complex world by Evans, J. P., Garcia‐Gonzalez, F.

“…It is well known that sexual selection can target reproductive traits during successive pre‐ and post‐mating episodes of selection. A key focus of recent…”
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Why and how we should join the shift from significance testing to estimation by Berner, Daniel, Amrhein, Valentin

“…A paradigm shift away from null hypothesis significance testing seems in progress. Based on simulations, we illustrate some of the underlying motivations…”
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Detecting the macroevolutionary signal of species interactions by Harmon, Luke J., Andreazzi, Cecilia S., Débarre, Florence, Drury, Jonathan, Goldberg, Emma E., Martins, Ayana B., Melián, Carlos J., Narwani, Anita, Nuismer, Scott L., Pennell, Matthew W., Rudman, Seth M., Seehausen, Ole, Silvestro, Daniele, Weber, Marjorie, Matthews, Blake

“…Species interactions lie at the heart of many theories of macroevolution, from adaptive radiation to the Red Queen. Although some theories describe the imprint…”
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Resistance to natural and synthetic gene drive systems by Price, Tom A. R., Windbichler, Nikolai, Unckless, Robert L., Sutter, Andreas, Runge, Jan‐Niklas, Ross, Perran A., Pomiankowski, Andrew, Nuckolls, Nicole L., Montchamp‐Moreau, Catherine, Mideo, Nicole, Martin, Oliver Y., Manser, Andri, Legros, Mathieu, Larracuente, Amanda M., Holman, Luke, Godwin, John, Gemmell, Neil, Courret, Cécile, Buchman, Anna, Barrett, Luke G., Lindholm, Anna K.

“…Scientists are rapidly developing synthetic gene drive elements intended for release into natural populations. These are intended to control or eradicate…”
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The evolution of female genitalia by Sloan, Nadia S., Simmons, Leigh W.

“…Female genitalia have been largely neglected in studies of genital evolution, perhaps due to the long‐standing belief that they are relatively invariable and…”
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Cycles of trans‐Arctic dispersal and vicariance, and diversification of the amphi‐boreal marine fauna by Laakkonen, Hanna M., Hardman, Michael, Strelkov, Petr, Väinölä, Risto

“…The amphi‐boreal faunal element comprises closely related species and conspecific populations with vicarious distributions in the North Atlantic and North…”
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