Theoretical studies of adaptation have exploded over the past decade. This work has been
inspired by recent, surprising findings in the experimental study of adaptation. For example …

Morphological traits have long been a focus of evolutionary developmental biology ('evo-
devo'), but new methods for quantifying shape variation are opening unprecedented …

Quantitative evaluation of the shapes of biological organs is often required in various
research fields, such as agronomy, medicine, genetics, ecology, and taxonomy. Elliptic …

▪ Abstract Phenotypic variation for quantitative traits results from the segregation of alleles at
multiple quantitative trait loci (QTL) with effects that are sensitive to the genetic, sexual, and …

Evolutionary innovation can allow a species access to a new ecological niche, potentially
reducing competition with closely related species. While the vast majority of Drosophila flies …

We know very little about the genetic basis of adaptation. Indeed, we can make no
theoretical predictions, however heuristic, about the distribution of phenotypic effects among …

Is genetic evolution predictable? Evolutionary developmental biologists have argued that, at
least for morphological traits, the answer is a resounding yes. Most mutations causing …

A paradigm of evolutionary biology is that adaptation and reproductive isolation are caused
by a nearly infinite number of mutations of individually small effect. Here, we test this …

Pérez-Losada, M., JT Hoeg, and KA Crandall. 2004. Unravelling the evolutionary radiation
of the Thoracian barnacles using molecular and morphological evidence: A comparison of …

Rapid divergent evolution of male genitalia is one of the most general evolutionary trends in
animals with internal fertilization; the shapes of genital traits often provide the only reliable …