Commentary: When does understanding phenotypic evolution require identification of the underlying genes?

Darwinian balancing selection: Predation counters sexual selection in a wild insect

(2015) Kyla Ercit et al.   EVOLUTION

Evolution of Darwin’s finches and their beaks revealed by genome sequencing

(2015) Sangeet Lamichhaney et al.   NATURE

Rapid Convergent Evolution in Wild Crickets

(2014) Sonia Pascoal et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ecological Transition Predictably Associated with Gene Degeneration

(2014) Carolyn A. Wessinger et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Flowering time QTL in natural populations ofArabidopsis thalianaand implications for their adaptive value

(2014) Emily L. Dittmar et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Identification of major quantitative trait loci underlying floral pollination syndrome divergence in Penstemon

(2014) C. A. Wessinger et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pleiotropic effects of a single gene on skeletal development and sensory system patterning in sticklebacks

(2014) Margaret G Mills et al.   EvoDevo

A Population Genetic Signal of Polygenic Adaptation

(2014) Jeremy J. Berg et al.   PLoS Genetics

Identifying the genes underlying quantitative traits: a rationale for the QTN programme

(2014) Young Wha Lee et al.   AoB Plants

The evolution of quantitative traits in complex environments

(2013) J T Anderson et al.   HEREDITY

On the importance of balancing selection in plants

(2013) Lynda F. Delph et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Genetic Basis of a Rare Flower Color Polymorphism in Mimulus lewisii Provides Insight into the Repeatability of Evolution

(2013) Carrie A. Wu et al.   PLoS One

Indirect Evolution of Hybrid Lethality Due to Linkage with Selected Locus in Mimulus guttatus

(2013) Kevin M. Wright et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

LOST IN THE MAP

(2012) Michael Travisano et al.   EVOLUTION

CLIP Test: a new fast, simple and powerful method to distinguish between linked or pleiotropic quantitative trait loci in linkage disequilibria analysis

(2012) I David et al.   HEREDITY

Recent and Ancient Signature of Balancing Selection around the S-Locus in Arabidopsis halleri and A. lyrata

(2012) C. Roux et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Spatially and temporally varying selection on intrapopulation quantitative trait loci for a life history trade-off inMimulus guttatus

(2012) JULIUS P. MOJICA et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The probability of genetic parallelism and convergence in natural populations

(2012) G. L. Conte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pollinator-Mediated Selection on Flower Color Allele Drives Reinforcement

(2012) R. Hopkins et al.   SCIENCE

ELIMINATION OF A GENETIC CORRELATION BETWEEN THE SEXES VIA ARTIFICIAL CORRELATIONAL SELECTION

(2011) Lynda F. Delph et al.   EVOLUTION

THE QTN PROGRAM AND THE ALLELES THAT MATTER FOR EVOLUTION: ALL THAT'S GOLD DOES NOT GLITTER

(2011) Matthew V. Rockman   EVOLUTION

GENETIC ARCHITECTURE AND ADAPTIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SELFING SYNDROME INCAPSELLA

(2011) Tanja Slotte et al.   EVOLUTION

Genetic Architecture of Flowering-Time Variation inArabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Patrice A. Salomé et al.   GENETICS

Genetic differences among populations in sexual dimorphism: evidence for selection on males in a dioecious plant

(2011) Q. YU et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

POPULATION GENETICS, PLEIOTROPY, AND THE PREFERENTIAL FIXATION OF MUTATIONS DURING ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION

(2010) Matthew A. Streisfeld et al.   EVOLUTION

Is local adaptation in Mimulus guttatus caused by trade-offs at individual loci?

(2010) M. C. HALL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Viability selection prior to trait expression is an essential component of natural selection

(2010) J. P. Mojica et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Permissive Secondary Mutations Enable the Evolution of Influenza Oseltamivir Resistance

(2010) J. D. Bloom et al.   SCIENCE

Using phenotypic manipulations to study multivariate selection of floral trait associations

(2009) Diane R. Campbell   ANNALS OF BOTANY

METAMODELS AND PHYLOGENETIC REPLICATION: A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THE EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS

(2009) Artyom Kopp   EVOLUTION

Rapid response to perturbation of chromosome frequencies in natural populations of Drosophila robusta

(2009) Max Levitan et al.   GENETICA

Transfer of individuals as a means of investigating natural selection in operation

(2009) O. HALKKA et al.   HEREDITAS

An epistatic ratchet constrains the direction of glucocorticoid receptor evolution

(2009) Jamie T. Bridgham et al.   NATURE

Genetic and physiological basis of adaptive salt tolerance divergence between coastal and inlandMimulus guttatus

(2009) David B. Lowry et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

NATURAL SELECTION ON A LEAF-SHAPE POLYMORPHISM IN THE IVYLEAF MORNING GLORY (IPOMOEA HEDERACEA)

(2008) Kerry L. Bright et al.   EVOLUTION

THE LOCI OF EVOLUTION: HOW PREDICTABLE IS GENETIC EVOLUTION?

(2008) David L. Stern et al.   EVOLUTION

ON PHYLOGENETIC TESTS OF IRREVERSIBLE EVOLUTION

(2008) Emma E. Goldberg et al.   EVOLUTION

Evolutionary Transitions in Floral Color

(2008) Mark D. Rausher   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Explaining Evolutionary Shifts between Bee and Hummingbird Pollination: Convergence, Divergence, and Directionality

(2008) James D. Thomson et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Evolutionary inference fromQST

(2008) MICHAEL C. WHITLOCK   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Centromere-Associated Female Meiotic Drive Entails Male Fitness Costs in Monkeyflowers

(2008) L. Fishman et al.   SCIENCE

Convergence and parallelism reconsidered: what have we learned about the genetics of adaptation?

(2007) J ARENDT et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION