Evolutionary Dynamics

Recent Papers

Miniaturization, Genome Size, and Biological Size in a Diverse Clade of Salamanders

Louis Paul Decena-Segarra, Lilijana Bizjak-Mali, Aleš Kladnik, Stanley K. Sessions, and Sean M. Rovito

Blog and Spanish abstract: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Nov-Decena-Segarra.html

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Evolution of Reproduction Periods in Seasonal Environments

Zepeng Sun, Kalle Parvinen, Mikko Heino, Johan A. J. Metz, André M. de Roos, and Ulf Dieckmann

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Predicting Multivariate Responses of Sexual Dimorphism to Direct and Indirect Selection

Changde Cheng (成常德) and David Houle

FREE; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS ADDRESS

What Do Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Have in Common? The Organism in the Middle

Ellen D. Ketterson

Blurb: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Aug-Ketterson.html

NATURAL HISTORY NOTE

Floral Trait Evolution of Angiosperms on Pacific Islands

Molly C. Hetherington-Rauth and Marc T. J. Johnson

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/July-Hetherington-Rauth.html

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The Population Genetics of Evolutionary Rescue in Diploids: X Chromosomal versus Autosomal Rescue

Robert L. Unckless and H. Allen Orr

Blurb: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Mar-Unckless.html

Tolerance of Novel Toxins through Generalized Mechanisms: Simulating Gradual Host Shifts of Butterflies

Kristin L. Sikkink, Reilly Hostager, Megan E. Kobiela, Nathan Fremling, Katherine Johnston, Amod Zambre, and Emilie C. Snell-Rood

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Mar-Sikkink.html

Integrating Fitness Components Reveals That Survival Costs Outweigh Other Benefits and Costs of Group Living in Two Closely Related Species

Lyanne Brouwer, Andrew Cockburn, and Martijn van de Pol

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Feb-Brouwer.html

Fecundity-Longevity Trade-Off, Vertical Transmission, and Evolution of Virulence in Sterilizing Pathogens

Eva Janoušková and Luděk Berec

Open Access

Stage-Structured Evolutionary Demography: Linking Life Histories, Population Genetics, and Ecological Dynamics

Charlotte de Vries and Hal Caswell

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AprDeVries.html

Open Access

Shared patterns of genome-wide differentiation are more strongly predicted by geography than by ecology

Diana Jessie Rennison, Kira E. Delmore, Kieran Samuk, Gregory L. Owens, and Sara E. Miller

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Early Sibling Conflict May Ultimately Benefit the Family

Alyssa Laney Smith, Daniel Z. Atwater, and Ragan M. Callaway

Blurb: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Oct-Smith.html

Evolution at the Edge of Expanding Populations

Maxime Deforet, Carlos Carmona-Fontaine, Kirill S. Korolev, and Joao B. Xavier

Lifetime Fitness, Sex-Specific Life History, and the Maintenance of a Polyphenism

Alycia C. R. Lackey, Michael P. Moore, Jacqueline Doyle, Nicole Gerlanc, Ashley Hagan, Morgan Geile, Chris Eden, and Howard H. Whiteman

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AugLackey.html

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Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in the Wild: Clonal Turnover and Stability in Daphnia Populations

Christopher F. Steiner and Carly J. Nowicki

Evolutionary Hysteresis and Ratchets in the Evolution of Periodical Cicadas

Jaakko Toivonen and Lutz Fromhage

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JulyToivonen.html

Open Access

Evolution of Stress-Induced Mutagenesis in the Presence of Horizontal Gene Transfer

Yoav Ram and Lilach Hadany

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JulyRam.html

Evolution of the Two Sexes under Internal Fertilization and Alternative Evolutionary Pathways

Jussi Lehtonen and Geoff A. Parker

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/MayLehtonen.html

Open Access

Sexually Antagonistic Variation and the Evolution of Dimorphic Sexual Systems

Colin Olito and Tim Connallon

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/MayOlito.html

Open Access

The Evolutionary Ecology of Metamorphosis

Hanna ten Brink, André M. de Roos, and Ulf Dieckmann

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/MayTenBrink.html

Grow Where You Thrive, or Where Only You Can Survive? An Analysis of Performance Curve Evolution in a Clade with Diverse Habitat Affinities

Silas B. Tittes, Joseph F. Walker, Lorena Torres-Martínez, and Nancy C. Emery

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AprTittes.html

The Evolution of Marine Larval Dispersal Kernels in Spatially Structured Habitats: Analytical Models, Individual-Based Simulations, and Comparisons with Empirical Estimates

Allison K. Shaw, Cassidy C. D’Aloia, and Peter M. Buston

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/MarShaw.html

The Effect of Pollen Limitation on the Evolution of Mating System and Seed Size in Hermaphroditic Plants

Qiaoqiao Huang and Martin Burd

Blurb: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/MarHuang.html

American Society of Naturalists Address

The Snail’s Charm

Kathleen Donohue

Blurb: https://amnat.org/an/newpapers/FebDonohue.html

American Society of Naturalists Address

From the Past to the Future: Considering the Value and Limits of Evolutionary Prediction

Ruth G. Shaw