Many separate-sexed organisms have sex chromosomes controlling sex determination. Sex
chromosomes often have reduced recombination, specialized (frequently sex-specific) gene …

Sexual conflict occurs when selection acts in opposing directions on males and females.
Case studies in both vertebrates and invertebrates indicate that sexual conflict maintains …

Sexual selection has manifold ecological and evolutionary consequences, making its net
effect on population fitness difficult to predict. A powerful empirical test is to experimentally …

It is commonly assumed that sex chromosomes evolve recombination suppression because
selection favours linkage between sex-determining and sexually antagonistic genes …

The ultimate payoff of behaviours depends not only on their direct impact on an individual,
but also on the impact on their relatives. Local relatedness—the average relatedness of an …

Sexual selection is a field coloured by tension and contrasting views. One contested claim is
the causal link from the definition of the sexes (anisogamy) to divergent selection on the …

Background Vertebrates exhibit diverse sex determination systems and reptiles stand out by
having highly variable sex determinations that include temperature-dependent and …

The complex nature of climate change-mediated multitrophic interaction is an underexplored
area, but has the potential to dramatically shift transmission and distribution of many insects …

Fisher's fundamental theorem states that natural selection improves mean fitness. Fitness, in
turn, is often equated with population growth. This leads to an absurd prediction that life …

Populations must adapt to environmental changes to remain viable. Both evolution and
phenotypic plasticity contribute to adaptation, with plasticity possibly being more important …