Dispersal, the tendency for organisms to reproduce away from their parents, influences
many evolutionary and ecological processes, from speciation and extinction events, to the …

The existence of dispersal syndromes contrasting disperser from resident phenotypes within
populations has been intensively documented across taxa. However, how such suites of …

Population-level consequences of dispersal ability remain poorly understood, especially for
marine animals in which dispersal is typically considered a species-level trait governed by …

Investigating developmental evolution usually requires comparing differences across related
species to infer how phenotypic change results from embryological modifications. However …

Poecilogony is the intraspecific variation in developmental mode that has been described in
some marine invertebrates. Poecilogonous species produce different larval forms (eg., free …

Assortative mating, where individuals non‐randomly mate with respect to phenotype or
genotype, can occur when preferences between potential mates have evolved. When such …

The marine polychaete Streblospio benedicti exhibits two distinct larval types, making it a
model for the study of developmental evolution. Females produce either large eggs or small …

In many species, alternative developmental pathways lead to the production of two distinct
phenotypes, promoting the evolution of morphological novelty and diversification. Offspring …

Poecilogonous species show variation in developmental mode, with larvae that differ both
morphologically and ecologically. The spionid polychaete Pygospio elegans shows …

The diversity and consequences of development in marine invertebrates have, for a long
time, provided the opportunity to understand different evolutionary solutions to living in …