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Environmental coupling of selection and heritability limits evolution [PDF]

, 2006
There has recently been great interest in applying theoretical quantitative genetic models to empirical studies of evolution in wild populations. However, while classical models assume environmental constancy, most natural populations exist in variable ...
T H Clutton-Brock, D W Coltman, Pemberton J. M, Coltman, D. W., J. G. Pilkington, A. J. Wilson, Pemberton, J. M., D. W. Coltman, J G Pilkington, L E B Kruuk, Mifsud, D. V., Coltman D. W, J. M. Pemberton, D V Mifsud, D. V. Mifsud, Clutton-Brock T. H, Pilkington, J. G., Pilkington J. G, Wilson, A. J., Kruuk, L. E. B., A J Wilson, L. E. B. Kruuk, Clutton-Brock, T. H., T. H. Clutton-brock, Wilson A. J, Mifsud D. V, Kruuk L. E. B, J M Pemberton   +27 more
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Sexual selection on song and cuticular hydrocarbons in two distinct populations of Drosophila montana [PDF]

, 2011
Sexual selection has the potential to contribute to population divergence and speciation. Most studies of sexual selection in Drosophila have concentrated on a single signaling modality, usually either courtship song or cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs ...
Butlin, Roger K., Veltsos, P., Anneli Hoikkala, Ritchie, M.G., Veltsos, Paris, Wicker-Thomas, Claude, Ritchie, Michael Gordon, Wicker-Thomas, C., Roger K. Butlin, Ritchie, Michael G., Hoikkala, Anneli, Michael G. Ritchie, Ritchie, Michael, Butlin, R.K., Claude Wicker-Thomas, Paris Veltsos, Butlin, Roger, Hoikkala, A.   +17 more
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Haplodiploidy and the evolution of eusociality : worker reproduction [PDF]

, 2013
The authors acknowledge the European Research Council, the Royal Society, and Balliol College for funding.Hamilton’s haplodiploidy hypothesis suggests that the relatively higher relatedness of full sisters in haplodiploid populations promotes altruistic ...
West, Stuart, West, Stuart A., Alpedrinha, Joao, Gardner, Andy   +3 more
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Biological invasions in agricultural settings: insights from evolutionary biology and population genetics [PDF]

, 2011
Invasion biology and agriculture are intimately related for several reasons and in particular because many agricultural pest species are recent invaders. In this article we suggest that the reconstruction of invasion routes with population genetics-based
Thomas Guillemaud, Ciosi, Marc, Lombaert, Eric, Ciosi, M., Éric Lombaert, Estoup, Arnaud, Guillemaud, T., Estoup, A., Guillemaud, Thomas, Marc Ciosi, Arnaud Estoup, Guillemaud, Thomas,, Lombaert, E.   +12 more
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Evolution in a changing environment [PDF]

, 2012
We propose a simple model for genetic adaptation to a changing environment, describing a fitness landscape characterized by two maxima. One is associated with "specialist" individuals that are adapted to the environment; this maximum moves over time as ...
Christiansen, Morten H., Nick Chater, Baronchelli, Andrea, Chater, N., Romualdo Pastor-Satorras, Morten H Christiansen, Baronchelli Andrea, Pastor-Satorras, R., Chater, Nick, Christiansen, M.H., Pastor-Satorras Romualdo, Andrea Baronchelli, Morten H. Christiansen, Baronchelli, A., Christiansen Morten H., Chater Nick, Pastor Satorras, Romualdo, Christiansen, M. H.   +17 more
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Adaptation to a seasonally varying environment: a strong latitudinal cline in reproductive diapause combined with high gene flow in Drosophila montana [PDF]

, 2011
Adaptation to seasonal changes in the northern hemisphere includes an ability to predict the forthcoming cold season from gradual changes in environmental cues early enough to prepare for the harsh winter conditions. The magnitude and speed of changes in
Knott, Emily, Salminen, Tiina S., Maaria Kankare, Venera I. Tyukmaeva, Salminen, Tiina, Knott, K Emily, Hoikkala, Anneli, K. Emily Knott, Anneli Hoikkala, Kankare, Maaria, Tyukmaeva, Venera, Tiina S. Salminen   +11 more
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Perceiving molecular evolution processes in Escherichia coli by comprehensive metabolite and gene expression profiling [PDF]

, 2008
Vijayendran C, Barsch A, Friehs K, Niehaus K, Becker A, Flaschel E. Perceiving molecular evolution processes in Escherichia coli by comprehensive metabolite and gene expression profiling. GENOME BIOLOGY.
Flaschel, Erwin, Vijayendran, Chandran, Friehs, Karl, Niehaus, Karsten, Barsch, Aiko, Becker, Anke   +5 more
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Increased genetic divergence between two closely related fir species in areas of range overlap [PDF]

, 2014
This research was supported by National Key Project for Basic Research (2014CB954100) and a Royal Society-NSF China International Joint Project award 2010/R4 to R. J. A. and J. Q.
Wang, Jing,, Liu, Jianquan,, Ingvarsson, Par K., Abbott, Richard,, Jing Wang, Wang, Jing, Liu, Jianquan, Jianquan Liu, Ingvarsson, Pär,, Abbott, Richard John, Richard J. Abbott, Abbott, Richard, Pär K. Ingvarsson, Ingvarsson, Pär, Liu, Jian-Quan   +14 more
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The Heritability of Mating Behaviour in a Fly and Its Plasticity in Response to the Threat of Sperm Competition [PDF]

, 2014
Phenotypic plasticity is a key mechanism by which animals can cope with rapidly changeable environments, but the evolutionary lability of such plasticity remains unclear.
Price, TA, Bretman, Amanda J., Tom A R Price, Price, Tom A. R., Walling, CA, Anne Lizé, Lizé Anne, Bretman, A, Lizé, A, Bretman Amanda, Amanda Bretman, Bretman, Amanda, Craig A Walling, Price Tom A. R., Lize, Anne, Walling, Craig A., Walling Craig A., University of Liverpool, University of Leeds, School of Biological Sciences   +19 more
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Runaway sexual selection without genetic correlations : social environments and flexible mate choice initiate and enhance the Fisher process [PDF]

, 2012
Female mating preferences are often flexible, reflecting the social environment in which they are expressed. Associated indirect genetic effects (IGEs) can affect the rate and direction of evolutionary change, but sexual selection models do not capture ...
Moore, Allen J., Bailey, Nathan William, Nathan W. Bailey, Allen J. Moore   +3 more
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