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The ecological causes of evolution by MacColl, Andrew D.C.

“…Natural selection is the process that results in adaptive evolution, but it is not the cause of evolution. The cause of natural selection and, therefore, of…”
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Development of resident and migratory three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus by Barnes, Megan, Chakrabarti, Lisa, MacColl, Andrew D C

“…The three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is a teleost fish and a model organism in evolutionary ecology, useful for both laboratory and natural…”
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The evolutionary ecology of dwarfism in three-spined sticklebacks by MacColl, Andrew D. C., Nagar, Aliya El, de Roij, Job

“…1. Body size is a defining phenotypic trait, but the ecological causes of its evolution are poorly understood. Most studies have considered only a single…”
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Parasite burdens differ between sympatric three-spined stickleback species by MacColl, Andrew D. C.

“…The ecological theory of adaptive radiation states that differences in ecological circumstances among local populations are the cause of divergence that leads…”
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DNA fragility in the parallel evolution of pelvic reduction in stickleback fish by Xie, Kathleen T, Wang, Guliang, Thompson, Abbey C, Wucherpfennig, Julia I, Reimchen, Thomas E, MacColl, Andrew D C, Schluter, Dolph, Bell, Michael A, Vasquez, Karen M, Kingsley, David M

“…Evolution generates a remarkable breadth of living forms, but many traits evolve repeatedly, by mechanisms that are still poorly understood. A classic example…”
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Divergent resistance to a monogenean flatworm among three-spined stickleback populations by de Roij, Job, Harris, Philip D., MacColl, Andrew D. C.

“…1. Given their ubiquity, we might expect parasites to play an important role in the adaptive divergence of host populations. Specifically, adaptation to local…”
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Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection by Siepielski, Adam M., Morrissey, Michael B., Buoro, Mathieu, Carlson, Stephanie M., Caruso, Christina M., Clegg, Sonya M., Coulson, Tim, DiBattista, Joseph, Gotanda, Kiyoko M., Francis, Clinton D., Hereford, Joe, Kingsolver, Joel G., Augustine, Kate E., Kruuk, Loeske E. B., Martin, Ryan A., Sheldon, Ben C., Sletvold, Nina, Svensson, Erik I., Wade, Michael J., MacColl, Andrew D. C.

“…Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on Earth. Although the ecological consequences of climate change are…”
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Parasites can cause selection against migrants following dispersal between environments by MacColl, Andrew D. C., Chapman, Sonia M.

“…1. The potential for selection against migrants to promote population divergence and speciation is well established in theory, yet there has been relatively…”
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Geographical location influences the composition of the gut microbiota in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) at a fine spatial scale by Goertz, Sarah, de Menezes, Alexandre B, Birtles, Richard J, Fenn, Jonathan, Lowe, Ann E, MacColl, Andrew D C, Poulin, Benoit, Young, Stuart, Bradley, Janette E, Taylor, Christopher H

“…The composition of the mammalian gut microbiota can be influenced by a multitude of environmental variables such as diet and infections. Studies investigating…”
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Significant effects of season and bird age on use of coppice woodland by songbirds by MacColl, Andrew D. C., du Feu, Christopher R., Wain, Stephen P.

“…Woodland birds have experienced widespread population declines across Europe, resulting partly from a decrease in management practices such as coppicing…”
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Determinants of Lifetime Fitness in a Cooperative Breeder, the Long-Tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus by Andrew D. C. Mac Coll, Hatchwell, Ben J.

“…1. Long-tailed tits (Aegithalos caudatus) are a cooperatively breeding species in which helpers often invest effort in the provisioning of young that are not…”
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Parasites contribute to ecologically dependent postmating isolation in the adaptive radiation of three-spined stickleback by El Nagar, Aliya, MacColl, Andrew D. C.

“…Spatial variation in parasitic infections is common, and has the potential to drive population divergence and the reproductive isolation of hosts. However,…”
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Predictable genome‐wide sorting of standing genetic variation during parallel adaptation to basic versus acidic environments in stickleback fish by Haenel, Quiterie, Roesti, Marius, Moser, Dario, MacColl, Andrew D. C., Berner, Daniel

“…Genomic studies of parallel (or convergent) evolution often compare multiple populations diverged into two ecologically different habitats to search for loci…”
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Courtship behavior, nesting microhabitat, and assortative mating in sympatric stickleback species pairs by Dean, Laura L., Dunstan, Hannah R., Reddish, Amelia, MacColl, Andrew D. C.

“…The maintenance of reproductive isolation in the face of gene flow is a particularly contentious topic, but differences in reproductive behavior may provide…”
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The ecology of an adaptive radiation of three-spined stickleback from North Uist, Scotland by Magalhaes, Isabel S., D'Agostino, Daniele, Hohenlohe, Paul A., MacColl, Andrew D. C.

“…There has been a large focus on the genetics of traits involved in adaptation, but knowledge of the environmental variables leading to adaptive changes is…”
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Measuring the immune system of the three‐spined stickleback – investigating natural variation by quantifying immune expression in the laboratory and the wild by Robertson, Shaun, Bradley, Janette E., MacColl, Andrew D. C.

“…Current understanding of the immune system comes primarily from laboratory‐based studies. There has been substantial interest in examining how it functions in…”
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Consistent differences in macroparasite community composition among populations of three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus L by De Roij, Job, MacColl, Andrew D C

“…Parasite ecologists are often interested in the repeatability of patterns in parasite communities in space and/or time, because of implications for the…”
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Inappropriate analysis does not reveal the ecological causes of evolution of stickleback armour: a critique of Spence et al. 2013 by MacColl, Andrew D. C., Aucott, Beth

“…In a recent paper in this journal, Spence et al. (2013) sought to identify the ecological causes of morphological evolution in three‐spined sticklebacks…”
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HERITABILITY OF PARENTAL EFFORT IN A PASSERINE BIRD by MacColl, Andrew D. C, Hatchwell, Ben J

“…The study of the evolution of parental care is central to our understanding of social systems, sexual selection, and interindividual conflict, yet we know…”
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Parasites may contribute to 'magic trait' evolution in the adaptive radiation of three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus (Gasterosteiformes: Gasterosteidae) by MACCOLL, ANDREW D.C

“…In the past decade, there has been a new effort to understand the ecology that drives population divergence and speciation. It is well established in theory…”
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