Evolution of central neural circuits: state of the art and perspectives

RJV Roberts, S Pop, LL Prieto-Godino - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
The wide variety of animal behaviours that can be observed today arose through the
evolution of their underlying neural circuits. Advances in understanding the mechanisms …

Replicated evolution in plants

ME James, T Brodribb, IJ Wright… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Similar traits and functions commonly evolve in nature. Here, we explore patterns of
replicated evolution across the plant kingdom and discuss the processes responsible for …

Intercontinental genomic parallelism in multiple three-spined stickleback adaptive radiations

IS Magalhaes, JR Whiting, D D'Agostino… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Parallelism, the evolution of similar traits in populations diversifying in similar conditions,
provides strong evidence of adaptation by natural selection. Many studies of parallelism …

Understanding natural selection and similarity: Convergent, parallel and repeated evolution

J Cerca - Molecular Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Parallel and convergent evolution offer some of the most compelling evidence for the
significance of natural selection in evolution, as the emergence of similar adaptive solutions …

Convergent evolution of the annual life history syndrome from perennial ancestors

AC Hjertaas, JC Preston, K Kainulainen… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Despite most angiosperms being perennial, once-flowering annuals have evolved multiple
times independently, making life history traits among the most labile trait syndromes in …

A multivariate view of parallel evolution

SP De Lisle, DI Bolnick - Evolution, 2020 - academic.oup.com
A growing number of empirical studies have quantified the degree to which evolution is
geometrically parallel by estimating and interpreting pairwise angles between multiple …

Drainage-structuring of ancestral variation and a common functional pathway shape limited genomic convergence in natural high-and low-predation guppies

JR Whiting, JR Paris, MJ van der Zee, PJ Parsons… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Studies of convergence in wild populations have been instrumental in understanding
adaptation by providing strong evidence for natural selection. At the genetic level, we are …

Challenges and advances in measuring phenotypic convergence

DM Grossnickle, WH Brightly, LN Weaver… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Tests of phenotypic convergence can provide evidence of adaptive evolution, and the
popularity of such studies has grown in recent years due to the development of novel …

Phenotypic and genotypic parallel evolution in parapatric ecotypes of Senecio

ME James, MJ Wilkinson, DM Bernal, H Liu… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The independent and repeated adaptation of populations to similar environments often
results in the evolution of similar forms. This phenomenon creates a strong correlation …

Early burst of parallel evolution describes the diversification of gecko toe pads

J McCann, TJ Hagey - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Similar traits appearing in distantly related organisms have intrigued scientists
for generations. While anole lizards of the Caribbean are often touted as a classic example …