How ecological niche breadth evolves is central to adaptation and speciation and has been
a topic of perennial interest. Niche breadth evolution research has occurred within …

Growing evidence shows that epigenetic mechanisms contribute to complex traits, with
implications across many fields of biology. In plant ecology, recent studies have attempted to …

Over the past decade, advances in both molecular developmental biology and evolutionary
ecology have made possible a new understanding of organisms as dynamic systems …

While average temperature is likely to increase in most locations on Earth, many places will
simultaneously experience higher variability in temperature, precipitation, and other climate …

Archaea and Bacteria constitute a majority of life systems on Earth but have long been
considered inferior to Eukarya in terms of solute tolerance. Whereas the most halophilic …

The consequences of early developmental conditions for performance in later life are now
subjected to convergent interest from many different biological sub-disciplines. However …

Environmental stresses experienced by individual parents can influence offspring
phenotypes in ways that enhance survival under similar conditions. Although such adaptive …

Biological invasions constitute a major environmental change driver, affecting conservation,
agriculture and human health. Invasive alien species (IAS) impacts include, alterations of …

The relationship between genotype (which is inherited) and phenotype (the target of
selection) is mediated by environmental inputs on gene expression, trait development, and …

Epigenetics increasingly occupies a pivotal position in our understanding of inheritance,
natural selection and, perhaps, even evolution. A survey of the PubMed database, however …