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In the journals Boots M., A. White, A. Best, and R. Bowers. 2014. How specificity and epidemiology drive the coevolution of static trait diversity in hosts and parasites. Evolution. doi: 10.1111/evo.12393 We examine theoretically how epidemiological feedbacks and the characteristics … Continue reading →

In the journals Harrisson K.A., A. Pavlova, M. Telonis-Scott and P. Sunnucks. 2014. Using genomics to characterize evolutionary potential for conservation of wild populations. Evolutionary Applications. doi: 10.1111/eva.12149. … screening genome-wide variation should be a sensible approach that may provide … Continue reading →

In the journals Falk, K. L., J. Kästner, N. Bodenhausen, K. Schramm, C. Paetz, D. G. Vassão, M. Reichelt, D. von Knorre, J. Bergelson, M. Erb, J. Gershenzon, and S. Meldau. 2013. The role of glucosinolates and the jasmonic acid … Continue reading →

In the journals Kunte K., W. Zhang, A. Tenger-Trolander, D. H. Palmer, A. Martin, R. D. Reed, S. P. Mullen, and M. R. Kronforst. 2014. doublesex is a mimicry supergene. Nature. doi: 10.1038/nature13112. Using an integrative approach combining genetic and … Continue reading →

In the journals Jalasvuori M & J Lehtonen. 2014. Virus epidemics can lead to a population-wide spread of intragenomic parasites in a previously parasite-free asexual population. Molecular Ecology. 23(5):987–991. doi: 10.1111/mec.12662. Endogenous retroviruses are retroviruses that have integrated to the … Continue reading →

In the journals Wang J. 2014. Marker-based estimates of relatedness and inbreeding coefficients: an assessment of current methods. J. Evol. Biol. 27:518–530. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12315. … F and r estimates can be misleading and become biased and marker dependent when a … Continue reading →

In the journals Morlon, H. 2014. Phylogenetic approaches for studying diversification. Ecology Letters. doi: 10.1111/ele.12251. A major challenge ahead is to develop models that more explicitly take into account ecology, in particular the interaction of species with each other and … Continue reading →

In the journals Li Y, R Cheng, KA Spokas, AA Palmer, and JO Borevitz. 2014. Genetic Variation for Life History Sensitivity to Seasonal Warming in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 196:569-77. doi: 10.1534/genetics.113.157628. The identified genetic architecture allowed accurate prediction of flowering … Continue reading →

In the journals Hong J, Gresham D. 2014. Molecular specificity, convergence and constraint shape adaptive evolution in nutrient-poor environments. PLoS Genetics 10(1):e1004041. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004041. The identification of repeatedly selected variation at functionally related loci that interact epistatically suggests that gene network … Continue reading →

In the journals Moreira B., MC Castellanos, and JG Pausas. 2014. Genetic component of flammability variation in a Mediterranean shrub Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.12665. Our general hypothesis is that flammability-enhancing traits are adaptive; here we test whether they have a … Continue reading →