Development

Recent Papers

A Stochastic Model for Predicting Age and Mass at Maturity of Insects

Geoffrey Legault and Joel G. Kingsolver

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Aug-Legault.html

Comparative Analyses of Phenotypic Sequences Using Phylogenetic Trees

Daniel S. Caetano and Jeremy M. Beaulieu

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

Larger Genomes Linked to Slower Development and Loss of Late-Developing Traits

Molly C. Womack, Marissa J. Metz, and Kim L. Hoke

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Dec-Womack.html

Experimental Evidence That Metamorphosis Alleviates Genomic Conflict

Debora Goedert and Ryan Calsbeek

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Sep-Goedert.html

Phenotypic Plasticity and Local Adaptation in a Wild Hibernator Evaluated through Reciprocal Translocation

Jeffrey E. Lane, Zenon J. Czenze, Rachel Findlay-Robinson, and Erin Bayne

Dense Dwarfs versus Gelatinous Giants: The Trade-Offs and Physiological Limits Determining the Body Plan of Planktonic Filter Feeders

Julia Dölger, Thomas Kiørboe, and Anders Andersen

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

Open Access

Species’ Range Dynamics Affect the Evolution of Spatial Variation in Plasticity under Environmental Change

Max Schmid, Ramon Dallo, and Frédéric Guillaume

Higher Nest Predation Favors Rapid Fledging at the Cost of Plumage Quality in Nestling Birds

Lea M. Callan, Frank A. La Sorte, Thomas E. Martin, and Vanya G. Rohwer

Summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/MayCallan.html

Historical Comment

Divergent Uses of “Parallel Evolution” during the History of The American Naturalist

Yoel E. Stuart