An experimental investigation of how intraspecific competition and phenotypic plasticity can promote the evolution of novel, complex phenotypes

Plasticity-led evolution: evaluating the key prediction of frequency-dependent adaptation

(2019) Nicholas A. Levis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Male sexual signal predicts phenotypic plasticity in offspring: implications for the evolution of plasticity and local adaptation

(2019) Patrick W. Kelly et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cryptic genetic variation accelerates evolution by opening access to diverse adaptive peaks

(2019) Jia Zheng et al.   SCIENCE

Phenotypic plasticity, canalization, and the origins of novelty: Evidence and mechanisms from amphibians

(2018) Nicholas A. Levis et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Morphological novelty emerges from pre-existing phenotypic plasticity

(2018) Nicholas A. Levis et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Intraspecific adaptive radiation: Competition, ecological opportunity, and phenotypic diversification within species

(2017) Nicholas A. Levis et al.   EVOLUTION

Non-adaptive phenotypic plasticity: the effects of terrestrial and aquatic herbicides on larval salamander morphology and swim speed

(2016) Nicholas A. Levis et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Recurrent specialization on a toxic fruit in an islandDrosophilapopulation

(2016) Amir Yassin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evaluating ‘Plasticity-First’ Evolution in Nature: Key Criteria and Empirical Approaches

(2016) Nicholas A. Levis et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

An inducible offense: carnivore morph tadpoles induced by tadpole carnivory

(2015) Nicholas A. Levis et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Cryptic Genetic Variation in Natural Populations: A Predictive Framework

(2014) C. C. Ledon-Rettig et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Cryptic genetic variation: evolution's hidden substrate

(2014) Annalise B. Paaby et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Adaptive Divergence in Experimental Populations of Pseudomonas fluorescens. V. Insight into the Niche Specialist Fuzzy Spreader Compels Revision of the Model Pseudomonas Radiation

(2013) G. C. Ferguson et al.   GENETICS

Increased competition as a cost of specialization during the evolution of resource polymorphism

(2012) Jeffrey S. Paull et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Competition and the origins of novelty: experimental evolution of niche-width expansion in a virus

(2012) L. M. Bono et al.   Biology Letters

Antipredator Behavior Promotes Diversification of Feeding Strategies

(2012) Cris C. Ledón-Rettig et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

The Generation of Variation and the Developmental Basis for Evolutionary Novelty

(2012) BENEDIKT HALLGRÍMSSON et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

The role of developmental plasticity in evolutionary innovation

(2011) A. P. Moczek et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genes as leaders and followers in evolution

(2011) Tanja Schwander et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Character Displacement and the Origins of Diversity

(2010) David W. Pfennig et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Evolutionary novelties

(2010) Günter P. Wagner et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Competitive stress can make the herbicide Roundup® more deadly to larval amphibians

(2010) Devin K. Jones et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Ancestral variation and the potential for genetic accommodation in larval amphibians: implications for the evolution of novel feeding strategies

(2010) Cris C. Ledon-Rettig et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Diet and hormonal manipulation reveal cryptic genetic variation: implications for the evolution of novel feeding strategies

(2010) C. C. Ledon-Rettig et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Disruptive Selection in Natural Populations: The Roles of Ecological Specialization and Resource Competition

(2009) Ryan A. Martin et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Genetic Assimilation and the Postcolonization Erosion of Phenotypic Plasticity in Island Tiger Snakes

(2009) Fabien Aubret et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Deciphering the Palimpsest: Studying the Relationship Between Morphological Integration and Phenotypic Covariation

(2009) Benedikt Hallgrímsson et al.   Evolutionary Biology

A MATERNAL EFFECT MEDIATES RAPID POPULATION DIVERGENCE AND CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT IN SPADEFOOT TOADS

(2008) David W. Pfennig et al.   EVOLUTION

Rapid large-scale evolutionary divergence in morphology and performance associated with exploitation of a different dietary resource

(2008) A. Herrel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Intraspecific competition drives multiple species resource polymorphism in fish communities

(2007) Richard Svanbäck et al.   OIKOS