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The paper investigates preference-performance mismatches in a specialist herbivore by analyzing gene expression in larvae feeding on toxic vs. native plants, finding differences in detoxification and developmental genes.

The study investigates whether quorum sensing influences egg hatching in Schistocephalus solidus, finding no density-dependent hatching but confirming lower hatching rates for selfed eggs.

This paper introduces ABC GP IPM, a flexible IPM framework using Gaussian Processes and Approximate Bayesian Computation to improve demographic modeling across species.

The paper identifies ancestral dorsal-ventral patterning mechanisms in fish fins and shows evolutionary innovations in their regulation.

This study examines variation in head and pinna morphology across six Peromyscus species and its relationship to auditory function using HRTFs.

This study identifies host-specific mutations in Legionella pneumophila through experimental evolution in two hosts, revealing adaptations in ribosomal proteins and LPS synthesis.

This study integrates genomic and ecological data to reveal climate-driven population divergence and adaptation in Tibetan Partridges, highlighting vulnerability differences between western and northeastern populations.

This study investigates how megaherbivores, climate, and fire influenced the evolution and distribution of spinescence in mimosoid legumes across different biogeographical regions.

The paper analyzes genome data from Plecia longiforceps to study its range expansion and adaptation, finding deep population divergence and genetic signatures of local adaptation.

This study examines how population, sex, and rearing temperature affect stress tolerance in Glanville fritillary butterflies, finding no evidence for beneficial acclimation but highlighting population and sex interactions.

The paper infers the distribution of fitness effects in aye-ayes, considering population history and mutation/recombination rate variation, finding more deleterious mutations and rapid evolution in immune and sensory genes.

This study investigates the evolutionary history of North American cavefishes, finding three independent cave colonisations linked to ancient climate changes and relaxed selection.

The paper tests the Dispersal hypothesis for sex differences in cooperative care across birds and mammals, finding support for the hypothesis and ruling out alternative explanations.

This paper presents the first near chromosome-level genome of a sea spider, revealing a single Hox cluster without abdominal-A/Hox9, supporting shared evolutionary patterns in arthropods.

This study examines the metabolic costs of meiotic drive in stalk-eyed flies, finding impaired mitochondrial function and increased metabolic rates in individuals with the drive genotype.

This study sequenced tick-associated Francisella endosymbionts and analyzed their genomes to understand metabolic pathways and biogeographic patterns.

The paper simulates adaptive peak tracking in species over time using fossil data to infer environmental relationships and predict phenotypic changes.

This study tests developmental constraints and adaptive response hypotheses for early life effects on fertility in wild baboons but finds no strong support for these explanations.

This study investigates how polymorphic inversions affect the detection of selection signals in the European spruce bark beetle using simulation and genome-wide data.