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 …

An increasing number of short‐term experimental studies show significant effects of
projected ocean warming and ocean acidification on the performance on marine organisms …

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

A recurrent theme in evolutionary biology is to contrast natural selection and developmental
constraint–two forces pitted against each other as competing explanations for organismal …

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

Understanding the evolutionary and ecological roles of'non-genetic'inheritance (NGI) is
daunting due to the complexity and diversity of epigenetic mechanisms. We draw on insights …

We hypothesize that heritable epigenetic changes can affect rates of fitness increase as well
as patterns of genotypic and phenotypic change during adaptation. In particular, we suggest …

The Modern Evolutionary Synthesis (MS) forged in the mid-twentieth century was built on a
notion of heredity that excluded soft inheritance, the inheritance of the effects of …

Phenotypic plasticity is an important mechanism for populations to buffer themselves from
environmental change. While it has long been appreciated that natural populations possess …

Although there is keen interest in the potential adaptive value of epigenetic variation, it is
unclear what conditions favor the stability of these variants either within or across …