…far beyond our own research. We want to help the scientific community understand and keep in touch with the latest research, irrespective of who conducts it. We cannot cover every…

Inheritance is an essential component of evolutionary processes. Without inheritance, evolution by natural selection cannot lead to the accumulation of complex, adaptive traits. But what can be inherited, and how?…

…understood as an extended phenotype but an evolutionary starting point. An example of this process, already studied by Darwin, is the adaptive complementarity of earthworms and soils, which results to…

…how are these combined to generate a meaningful phenotypic response? What is the underlying logic of the process?   To answer these questions, one ought to abandon unidimensional reaction norms…

…SE, Horgan-Kobelski T & Riggs CE. 2012. Integr Comp Biol 52:1-12. 7. Miller GM, Watson SA, Donelson JM, McCormick MI & Munday PL. 2012. Nat Clim Change 2:858-861. [pdf] 8….

…this problem for prey as many predators can (potentially) learn from an encounter with a single prey individual.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnjyviXKmrI     One of the characteristics of antagonistic coevolution…

…cells. Many organisms rely on their microbiome to carry out essential physiological and metabolic processes, often required for nutrient provision. For example, corals rely on microalgae for photosynthesis and energy…

…construction is the process whereby organisms modify the niches of both themselves and other organisms, resulting in modified selection pressures). This is best illustrated by the islands of Polynesia where…

…of plasticity in terms of “multi-dimensional” reaction norms, but these remain largely unexplored.   This work provides new conceptual tools to characterise these “multi-dimensional” reaction norms and to better understand…