Life-history traits or “fitness components”—such as age and size at maturity, fecundity and
fertility, age-specific rates of survival, and life span—are the major phenotypic determinants …

A series of laboratory selection experiments on Drosophila melanogaster over the past two
decades has provided insights into the specifics of life-history tradeoffs in the species and …

Organisms that produce alternative, nondiscrete phenotypes in response to environmental
conditions are expected to alter their phenotypes in relation to the degree of environmental …

Many insect vectors of disease detect their hosts through olfactory cues, and thus it is of
great interest to understand better how odors are encoded. However, little is known about …

The research framework of eco‐evolutionary dynamics is increasing in popularity, as
revealed by a steady stream of review articles and a recent and influential book, but primary …

Genetic variation in female resistance and tolerance to male mating harassment can affect
the outcome of sexually antagonistic mating interactions. We investigated female mating …

Larval and adult fruit flies are attracted to volatiles emanating from food substrates that have
been occupied by larvae. We tested whether such volatiles are emitted by the larval gut …

Victim defence against enemies can be divided into resistance (minimizing successful
enemy attacks) and tolerance (minimizing the fitness impact of enemy attacks). Although …

Understanding how specific environmental factors shape gene flow while disentangling their
importance relative to the effects of geographical isolation is a major question in …

In recent decades, the phenomenon of niche construction (NC)(Odling-Smee 1988) has
been receiving a lot of attention in the evolutionary biology literature, with many arguments …