N. H. Barton

Joint estimation of paternity, sibships and pollen dispersal in a snapdragon hybrid zone

The paper develops a method to estimate paternity, sibships, and pollen dispersal in a snapdragon hybrid zone using population data.

Predicting rapid adaptation in time from adaptation in space: a 30-year field experiment in marine snails

The paper predicts rapid temporal adaptation in marine snails using spatial genetic and phenotypic variation from a 30-year transplant experiment, finding observed changes align with predictions.

Limits to selection on standing variation in an asexual population

The paper analyzes how asexual populations respond to directional selection on standing variation, showing different variance decay rates under weak and strong selection regimes.

Accumulation and maintenance of information in evolution

The paper quantifies how selection accumulates and maintains information in populations, showing bounds on information precision and maintenance costs.

The response of a metapopulation to a changing environment

The paper examines how a metapopulation adapts to environmental changes by analyzing allele frequency dynamics and the effects of selection, migration, and drift.

Genetic load and extinction in peripheral populations: the roles of migration, drift and demographic stochasticity

The paper examines how migration affects genetic load and population viability in island populations, showing genetic Allee effects and critical thresholds influenced by migration rates and mutation parameters.

Effects of fine-scale population structure on the distribution of heterozygosity in a long-term study of (Antirrhinum majus)

This study examines how fine-scale population structure affects heterozygosity distribution in Antirrhinum majus, finding that heterogeneous density and leptokurtic dispersal explain observed patterns.

Polygenic local adaptation in metapopulations: a stochastic eco-evolutionary model

The paper develops a stochastic eco-evolutionary model to study local adaptation in metapopulations under hard selection, showing that polygenic traits face greater challenges in rare habitats due to migration load and demographic stochasticity.

Haplotype tagging reveals parallel formation of hybrid races in two butterfly species

Haplotagging reveals parallel formation of a novel hybrid race in two Heliconius butterfly species through divergent haplotypes at major wing pattern loci.

An integrative genomic analysis of the Longshanks selection experiment for longer limbs in mice

This study analyzes the genomic changes in mice selectively bred for longer limbs, identifying polygenic adaptation and major-effect loci linked to bone growth regulation.

Replicability of introgression under linked, polygenic selection

The paper studies how a genomic block with many weakly selected loci introgresses under directional selection and shows that growth rates depend on combined effects within a linkage scale.

Evolutionary pathways for the generation of new self-incompatibility haplotypes in a non-self recognition system

This study models how new self-incompatibility haplotypes evolve in a non-self recognition system through population genetic and stochastic simulations, showing diversification depends on mutation order, inbreeding, and haplotype completeness.

CRISPR-based Herd Immunity Limits Phage Epidemics in Bacterial Populations

The paper studies herd immunity in bacterial populations using CRISPR-resistant and susceptible E. coli and T7 phages, finding that spatial structure, growth rate, and phage replication rate influence epidemic dynamics.

Deploying dengue-suppressing Wolbachia: robust models predict slow but effective spatial spread in Aedes aegypti

The paper develops robust models to predict the spatial spread of Wolbachia in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, showing that slow but effective population transformation is possible.