Evidence for sex-specific selection in brain: a case study of the nine-spined stickleback

Nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius): an emerging model for evolutionary biology research

(2013) Juha Merilä   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Artificial Selection on Relative Brain Size in the Guppy Reveals Costs and Benefits of Evolving a Larger Brain

(2013) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Evidence for genetic differentiation in timing of maturation among nine-spined stickleback populations

(2013) N. I. A. Ghani et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Sex-specific plasticity in brain morphology depends on social environment of the guppy, Poecilia reticulata

(2012) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Body size divergence in nine-spined sticklebacks: disentangling additive genetic and maternal effects

(2012) Nurul Izza Ab Ghani et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Ontogenetic and evolutionary effects of predation and competition on nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) body size

(2012) Kaisa Välimäki et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Sexual selection uncouples the evolution of brain and body size in pinnipeds

(2012) J. L. FITZPATRICK et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

No evidence for the ‘expensive-tissue hypothesis’ from an intraspecific study in a highly variable species

(2012) D. L. WARREN et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Optimal growth strategies under divergent predation pressure

(2012) S. Aikio et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Extreme Sexual Brain Size Dimorphism in Sticklebacks: A Consequence of the Cognitive Challenges of Sex and Parenting?

(2012) Alexander Kotrschal et al.   PLoS One

Brain development and predation: plastic responses depend on evolutionary history

(2011) A. Gonda et al.   Biology Letters

Population variation in brain size of nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius) - local adaptation or environmentally induced variation?

(2011) Abigél Gonda et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Contrasting growth strategies of pond versus marine populations of nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius): a combined effect of predation and competition?

(2011) Gábor Herczeg et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Intraspecific variation in behaviour: effects of evolutionary history, ontogenetic experience and sex

(2011) G. HERCZEG et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Energetics and the evolution of human brain size

(2011) Ana Navarrete et al.   NATURE

Maternal investment, life histories, and the costs of brain growth in mammals

(2011) R. A. Barton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dietary quality and encephalization in platyrrhine primates

(2011) K. L. Allen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Variation in hippocampal morphology along an environmental gradient: controlling for the effects of day length

(2011) T. C. Roth et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Neurohormonal regulation of feed intake and response to nutrients in fish: aspects of feeding rhythm and stress

(2010) Ewa Kulczykowska et al.   AQUACULTURE RESEARCH

Rensch’s rule inverted - female-driven gigantism in nine-spined sticklebackPungitius pungitius

(2010) Gábor Herczeg et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Geographic variation in phenotypic plasticity in response to dissolved oxygen in an African cichlid fish

(2010) E. CRISPO et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Brain size, head size and behaviour of a passerine bird

(2010) A. P. MØLLER   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Variation of telencephalon morphology of the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in relation to inferred ecology

(2010) P. J. PARK et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Sex, Ecology and the Brain: Evolutionary Correlates of Brain Structure Volumes in Tanganyikan Cichlids

(2010) Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer et al.   PLoS One

The social cost of shoaling covaries with predation risk in nine-spined stickleback, Pungitius pungitius, populations

(2009) Gábor Herczeg et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

DISTINCT EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS OF BRAIN AND BODY SIZE DURING ADAPTIVE RADIATION

(2009) Alejandro Gonzalez-Voyer et al.   EVOLUTION

EVOLUTION OF GIGANTISM IN NINE-SPINED STICKLEBACKS

(2009) Gábor Herczeg et al.   EVOLUTION

Predation mediated population divergence in complex behaviour of nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)

(2009) G. HERCZEG et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Adaptive brain size divergence in nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius)?

(2009) A. GONDA et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Evidence for small scale variation in the vertebrate brain: mating strategy and sex affect brain size and structure in wild brown trout (Salmo trutta)

(2009) N. KOLM et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Structural Changes between Seasons in the Songbird Auditory Forebrain

(2009) G. De Groof et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Habitat-dependent and -independent plastic responses to social environment in the nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) brain

(2009) A. Gonda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Social fishes and single mothers: brain evolution in African cichlids

(2008) A. Gonzalez-Voyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hippocampal volumes and neuron numbers increase along a gradient of environmental harshness: a large-scale comparison

(2008) T. C Roth et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES