The impact of learning on sexual selection and speciation

MN Verzijden, C Ten Cate, MR Servedio… - Trends in ecology & …, 2012 - cell.com
Learning is widespread in nature, occurring in most animal taxa and in several different
ecological contexts and, thus, might play a key role in evolutionary processes. Here, we …

Geographic variation in animal colour polymorphisms and its role in speciation

CA McLean, D Stuart‐Fox - Biological Reviews, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Polymorphic species, in which multiple variants coexist within a population, are often used
as model systems in evolutionary biology. Recent research has been dominated by the …

[HTML][HTML] Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics

S Bybee, A Córdoba-Aguilar, MC Duryea… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - Springer
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) present an unparalleled insect model to integrate
evolutionary genomics with ecology for the study of insect evolution. Key features of …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of increased phenotypic diversity enhances population performance by reducing sexual harassment in damselflies

Y Takahashi, K Kagawa, EI Svensson… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The effect of evolutionary changes in traits and phenotypic/genetic diversity on ecological
dynamics has received much theoretical attention; however, the mechanisms and ecological …

Back to basics: using colour polymorphisms to study evolutionary processes

EI Svensson - 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Here, I suggest that colour polymorphic study systems have been underutilized to answer
general questions about evolutionary processes, such as morph frequency dynamics …

Temperature drives pre‐reproductive selection and shapes the biogeography of a female polymorphism

EI Svensson, B Willink, MC Duryea… - Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Conflicts of interests between males and females over reproduction is a universal feature of
sexually reproducing organisms and has driven the evolution of intersexual mimicry, mating …

Neurodegenerative disorders treatment: the MicroRNA role

B Ridolfi, H Abdel-Haq - Current gene therapy, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease and prion disease are not timely and …

Lack of genetic variation prevents adaptation at the geographic range margin in a damselfly

Y Takahashi, Y Suyama, Y Matsuki… - Molecular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
What limits a species' distribution in the absence of physical barriers? Genetic load due to
asymmetric gene flow and the absence of genetic variation due to lack of gene flow are …

Environment drives color pattern polymorphism in sand lizards beyond the Gloger's rule

S Sau, R Smolinský, N Martínková - Journal of Zoology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Species color and color pattern vary geographically contributing to environmental tolerance
of the species to the fluctuating climate. In a constantly changing environment, the …

Intra-and intersexual differences in parasite resistance and female fitness tolerance in a polymorphic insect

B Willink, EI Svensson - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
To understand host–parasite interactions, it is necessary to quantify variation and
covariation in defence traits. We quantified parasite resistance and fitness tolerance of a …