Spadefoot toads have emerged as a model system for addressing fundamental questions in
ecological and evolutionary developmental biology (eco‐evo‐devo). Their tadpoles produce …

Sex determination is typically classified as either genotypic or environmental. However, this
dichotomy obscures the developmental origin and evolutionary modification of determinants …

The role of developmental (phenotypic) plasticity in ecology and evolution is receiving a
growing appreciation among the biologists, and many plasticity-specific concepts have …

Innovations are generally unexpected, often spectacular changes in phenotypes and
ecological functions. The contributions to this theme issue are the latest conceptual …

Developmental plasticity is an important product of evolutionary processes, allowing
organisms to maintain high fitness in the face of environmental perturbations. Once evolved …

The role of natural selection in shaping patterns of diversity is still poorly understood in the
Neotropics. We carried out the first genome-wide population genomics study in a …

The sexes experience different selective pressures, which can lead to highly divergent
phenotypes that are achieved via sex‐biased gene expression. The effect of sexual …

Developmental plasticity is the ability of a genotype to express multiple phenotypes under
different environmental conditions and has been shown to facilitate the evolution of novel …

Differential gene expression represents a fundamental cause and manifestation of
phenotypic plasticity. Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in gene expression as a trait evolves …

Cryptic genetic variation plays an important role in the emergence of disease and
evolutionary responses to environmental change. Focusing on parental care behavior, we …