Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Evolutionary Biology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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A novel neo‐sex chromosome in Sylvietta brachyura (Macrosphenidae) adds to the extraordinary avian sex chromosome diversity among Sylvioidea songbirds67
Predation risk and the evolution of a vertebrate stress response: Parallel evolution of stress reactivity and sexual dimorphism67
Sex ratio effects on reproductive success of male and female Daphnia55
Avoiding the tragedy of the commons: Improved group‐feeding performance in kin groups maintains foraging cooperation in subsocial Stegodyphus africanus spiders (Araneae, Eresidae)53
Effects of genetic vs. environmental quality on condition‐dependent morphological and life history traits in a neriid fly53
A tangled web: Comparing inter‐ and intraspecific mating dynamics in Anasa squash bugs42
An update on recent developments at JEB38
The effects of sex on extinction dynamics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii depend on the rate of environmental change35
Multispecies colour polymorphisms associated with contrasting microhabitats in two Mediterranean wrasse radiations35
Evolutionary biology and development model of medicines: A necessary ‘pas de deux’ for future successful bacteriophage therapy30
The evolution of the additive variance of a trait under stabilizing selection after autopolyploidization26
Can low‐quality parents exploit their high‐quality partners to gain higher fitness?24
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Mitonuclear conflict in a macaque species exhibiting phylogenomic discordance21
Viruses, cancers, and evolutionary biology in the clinic: a commentary on Leeks et al. 202321
Variation in seasonal timing traits and life history along a latitudinal transect in Mimulus ringens20
Trade‐offs in defence to pathogen species revealed in expanding nematode populations20
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Social animal models for quantifying plasticity, assortment, and selection on interacting phenotypes18
Bait‐ER: A Bayesian method to detect targets of selection in Evolve‐and‐Resequence experiments18
Genotype specific and microbiome effects of hypoxia in the model organism Daphnia magna18
New insights into Xenopus sex chromosome genomics from the Marsabit clawed frog X. borealis17
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Evolution of immune function in response to dietary macronutrients in male and female decorated crickets17
A novel cricket morph has diverged in song and wing morphology across island populations16
Correlated evolution of larval development, egg size and genome size across two genera of snapping shrimp16
Assessing co-diversification in host-associated microbiomes16
Moderate evidence for heritability in the duet contributions of a South American primate16
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Evolutionary divergence in phenotypic plasticity shapes brain size variation between coexisting sunfish ecotypes15
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Parasite‐induced shifts in host movement may explain the transient coexistence of high‐ and low‐pathogenic disease strains15
Reconstruction of evolutionary changes in fat and toxin consumption reveals associations with gene losses in mammals: A case study for the lipase inhibitor PNLIPRP1 and the xenobiotic receptor 15
Predictability of temporal variation in climate and the evolution of seasonal polyphenism in tropical butterfly communities14
Subfunctionalisation of paralogous genes and evolution of differential codon usage preferences: The showcase of polypyrimidine tract binding proteins14
Axes of multivariate sexual signal divergence among incipient species: Concordance with selection, genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity14
Selection on sperm size in response to promiscuity and variation in female sperm storage organs14
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Size-dependent colouration balances conspicuous aposematism and camouflage14
Epigenetics and reproductive isolation: a commentary on Westram et al., 202213
Selection on dispersal drives evolution of metabolic capacities for energy production in female wing‐polymorphic sand field crickets, Gryllus firmus13
Assessment of phylogenetic approaches to study the timing of recombination cessation on sex chromosomes13
The potential for the evolution of thermally sensitive courtship behaviours in the treehopper, Enchenopa binotata13
Ghost introgression in ricefishes of the genus Adrianichthys in an ancient Wallacean lake12
Heightened among‐individual variation in life history but not morphology is related to developmental temperature in reptiles12
Ontogenetic change in effectiveness of chemical defence against different predators in Oxycarenus true bugs12
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Pre‐ and post‐association barriers to host switching in sympatric mutualists11
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Evolution of thermal performance curves: A meta‐analysis of selection experiments11
The association between personalities, alternative breeding strategies and reproductive success in dunnocks11
Soft selection reduces loss of heterozygosity in asexual reproduction11
Phenotypic variation and genomic variation in insect virulence traits reveal patterns of intraspecific diversity in a locust-specific fungal pathogen10
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No genomic repercussions of assortative pairing in a colour polymorphic lizard10
Effect of population size and selection on Toll‐like receptor diversity in populations of Galápagos mockingbirds10
Interpopulation variation in inbreeding is primarily driven by tolerance of mating with relatives in a spermcasting invertebrate10
Does sexual conflict contribute to the evolution of novel warning patterns?10
Bet-hedging via dispersal aids the evolution of plastic responses to unreliable cues10
Environment dependence of the expression of mutational load and species’ range limits10
Age-specific survival of territorial and non-territorial male chamois10
Genetic and social contributions to sex differences in lifespan in Drosophila serrata10
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Trees growing in Eastern North America experience higher autumn solar irradiation than their European relatives, but is nitrogen limitation another factor explaining anthocyanin‐red autumn leaves?9
How plants conquered land: evolution of terrestrial adaptation9
Fluctuating selection driven by global and local climatic conditions leads to stasis in breeding time in a migratory bird9
Environmental variance in male mating success modulates the positive versus negative impacts of sexual selection on genetic load9
Implications of nitrogen translocation efficiency for hypotheses on the evolution of autumn colours—9
Purifying selection against spurious splicing signals contributes to the base composition evolution of the polypyrimidine tract9
Evolution of life cycles and reproductive traits: Insights from the brown algae9
Colour pattern variation forms local background matching camouflage in a leaf‐mimicking toad9
Ecology and the evolution of sex chromosomes9
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Lack of alignment across yeast‐dependent life‐history traits may limit Drosophila melanogaster dietary specialization8
Sequencing of laser captured Z and W chromosomes of the tocantins paradoxical frog (Pseudis tocantins) provides insights on repeatome and chromosomal homology8
Pressure for rapid and accurate mate recognition promotes avian‐perceived plumage sexual dichromatism in true thrushes (genus: Turdus)8
Correlated evolution between orb weaver glue droplets and supporting fibres maintains their distinct biomechanical roles in adhesion8
Positive genetic covariance and limited thermal tolerance constrain tropical insect responses to global warming8
Males and females contribute differently to the evolution of habitat segregation driven by hybridization8
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Response to: A comment on The adaptive value of gluttony: Predators mediate the life history trade‐offs of satiation threshold by Pruitt and Krauel (2010) by Postma et al. (2021)8
Consequences of adaptation to larval crowding on sexual and fecundity selection in Drosophila melanogaster8
Evolution of sex allocation plasticity in a hermaphroditic flatworm genus8
How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process8
Mistranslation can promote the exploration of alternative evolutionary trajectories in enzyme evolution8
Signal detection shapes ornament allometry in functionally convergent Caribbean Anolis and Southeast Asian Draco lizards8
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Environmental and genealogical effects on DNA methylation in a widespread apomictic dandelion lineage8
Does the definition of a novel environment affect the ability to detect cryptic genetic variation?8
Genetic colour variation visible for predators and conspecifics is concealed from humans in a polymorphic moth8
Investigating signal modalities of aposematism in a poison frog8
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Evolution of antagonistic and mutualistic traits in the yucca‐yucca moth obligate pollination mutualism7
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Predator response to the coloured eyespots and defensive posture of Colombian four-eyed frogs7
Sperm competition risk affects ejaculate strategy in terms of sperm number but not sperm size in squid7
Recent expansion of the non‐recombining sex‐linked region on Silene latifolia sex chromosomes7
Why do Hymenopteran workers drift to non-natal groups? Generalized reciprocity and the maximization of group and parental success7
The effect of migration and variation on populations of Escherichia coli adapting to complex fluctuating environments7
The influence of divergent reproductive strategies in shaping modularity and morphological evolution in mammalian jaws7
Ontogeny, phylogeny and mechanisms of adaptive changes in evaporative water loss in geckos7
Is drift ‘directional’? Unequal breeding sex ratio revisited7
Reproductive isolating mechanisms contributing to asymmetric hybridization in Killifishes (Fundulus spp.)7
Seasonal stability and species specificity of environmentally acquired chemical mating signals in orchid bees7
Evolution and dosage compensation of nucleolar organizing regions (NORs) mediated by mobile elements in turtles with female (ZZ/ZW) but not with male (XX/XY7
Cryptic community structure and metabolic interactions among the heritable facultative symbionts of the pea aphid7
Female reproductive fluid concentrations affect sperm performance of alternative male phenotypes in an external fertilizer7
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Cytoplasmic incompatibility in hybrid zones: infection dynamics and resistance evolution7
No evidence for incipient speciation by selfing in North American Arabidopsis lyrata7
Radiation‐mediated supply of genetic variation outweighs the effects of selection and drift in Chernobyl Daphnia populations7
Trade‐off between pre and post‐copulatory traits depends on locomotor activity in male Tribolium castaneum beetles6
100 years of Haldane's rule6
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The social role of defective viral genomes in chronic viral infections: a commentary on Leeks et al. 20236
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Female reproductive mode shapes allometric scaling of male traits in live‐bearing fishes (family Poeciliidae)6
Environmental effects rather than relatedness determine gut microbiome similarity in a social mammal6
Truly ubiquitous CRESS DNA viruses scattered across the eukaryotic tree of life6
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Causes and consequences of variation in development time in a field cricket6
Sex-specific trait architecture in a spider with sexual size dimorphism6
Allometry, sexual selection and evolutionary lines of least resistance shaped the evolution of exaggerated sexual traits within the genusTyrannus6
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Hunger for sex: Abundant, heterogeneous resources select for sexual reproduction in the field6
Selfish migrants: How a meiotic driver is selected to increase dispersal6
Comparison of methodological approaches to the study of young sex chromosomes: A case study in Poecilia6
Sensory plasticity in a socially plastic bee6
The evolution of flower longevity in unpredictable pollination environments6
Genetic and ecomorphological divergence between sympatricAstyanaxmorphs from Central America6
Phenotypic and functional variation in venom and venom resistance of two sympatric rattlesnakes and their prey5
Experimental sexual selection affects the evolution of physiological and life‐history traits5
Hybrid incompatibility between Drosophila virilis and D. lummei is stronger in the presence of transposable elements5
Intraspecific variation in reproductive barriers between two closely related Arabidopsis sister species5
A variance partitioning perspective of assortative mating: Proximate mechanisms and evolutionary implications5
Relaxed selection on male mitochondrial genes in DUI bivalves eases the need for mitonuclear coevolution5
Individual reversible plasticity as a genotype‐level bet‐hedging strategy5
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Evolutionary rescue under demographic and environmental stochasticity5
Sexual signal evolution and patterns of assortative mating across an intraspecific contact zone5
Evolution of territoriality in Hylinae treefrogs: Ecological and morphological correlates and lineage diversification5
Hoisted with his own petard: How sex‐ratio meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis creates resistance alleles that limit its spread5
Sex chromosome evolution: The remarkable diversity in the evolutionary rates and mechanisms5
Evidence of prezygotic isolation, but not assortative mating, between locally adapted populations ofFundulus heteroclitusacross a salinity gradient5
Comparative analysis of the superoxide dismutase gene family in Cetartiodactyla5
Ecology, sexual dimorphism, and jumping evolution in anurans5
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Candidate gene polymorphisms are linked to dispersive and migratory behaviour: Searching for a mechanism behind the “paradox of the great speciators”5
Male size does not affect the strength of male mate choice for high-quality females in Drosophila melanogaster5
Long‐term persistence of exaggerated ornaments under Fisherian runaway despite costly mate search5
Rapid hyperthyroidism-induced adaptation of salmonid fish in response to environmental pollution5
Rare morph Lake Malawi mbuna cichlids benefit from reduced aggression from con‐ and hetero‐specifics5
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Responses to artificial selection for locomotor activity: A focus on death feigning in red flour beetle5
X chromosomes show relaxed selection and complete somatic dosage compensation across Timema stick insect species5
Reproductive trade‐offs and phenotypic selection change with body condition, but not with predation regime, across island lizard populations5
Spatial variation in the evolutionary potential and constraints of basal metabolic rate and body mass in a wild bird5
Reproductive isolation via divergent genital morphology due to cascade reinforcement inOhomopterusground beetles4
The adaptive role of melanin plasticity in thermally variable environments4
Mitonuclear discordance and patterns of reproductive isolation in a complex of simultaneously hermaphroditic species, the Allolobophora chlorotica case study4
A socially polymorphicFormicaant species exhibits a novel distribution of social supergene genotypes4
Strong genotype‐by‐genotype interactions between aphid‐defensive symbionts and parasitoids persist across different biotic environments4
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A holocenic and dynamic hybrid zone between two cactophilicDrosophilaspecies in a coastal lowland plain of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest4
Environmental drivers of sexual dimorphism in a lizard with alternative mating strategies4
Age trajectories in extra-pair siring success suggest an effect of maturation or early-life experience4
Static allometries do not reflect evolutionary allometry in exaggerated weaponry of male New Zealand sheetweb spiders (Cambridgea spp.)4
Onset and stepwise extensions of recombination suppression are common in mating‐type chromosomes of Microbotryum anther‐smut fungi4
Evolution of physical linkage between loci controlling ecological traits and mating preferences4
Forty‐two, and other precise answers to difficult questions: a commentary on Westram et al., 20224
Open questions in the social lives of viruses4
The maintenance of genetic diversity under host–parasite coevolution in finite, structured populations4
Adaptive phenotypic and genomic divergence in the common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) following niche expansion within a small oceanic island4
Phylogenetic conservation of behavioural variation and behavioural syndromes4
Evolutionary origins of viviparity consistent with palaeoclimate and lineage diversification4
Divergent selection on behavioural and chemical traits between reproductively isolated populations of Drosophila melanogaster4
Molecular evolution and convergence of the rhodopsin gene in Gymnogobius, a goby group having diverged into coastal to freshwater habitats4
Structural dissimilarity of partners' immune genes increases sperm viability in women's reproductive tract4
Identification of a cis‐sex chromosome transition in banded geckos (Coleonyx, Eublepharidae, Gekkota)4
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Beyond classical theories: An integrative mathematical model of mating dynamics and parental care4
phylosem: A fast and simple R package for phylogenetic inference and trait imputation using phylogenetic structural equation models4
The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences4
Simultaneous evolution of host resistance and tolerance to parasitism4
Implementing code review in the scientific workflow: Insights from ecology and evolutionary biology4
Sex and morph differences in age‐dependent trait changes in a polymorphic songbird4
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Sexual selection drives the coevolution of male and female reproductive traits in Peromyscus mice4
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Experimental tests of selection against heterospecific aggression as a driver of avian colour pattern divergence4
Experimental test of the influence of light availability on the evolution of eye size and behaviour in Daphnia4
Dewlap colour variation in Anolis sagrei is maintained among habitats within islands of the West Indies4
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Niche divergence contributes to geographical parthenogenesis in two dandelion taxa4
Cryptic female choice within individual males – A neglected component of the postmating sexual selection?4
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Local adaptation, geographical distance and phylogenetic relatedness: Assessing the drivers of siderophore‐mediated social interactions in natural bacterial communities4
Inbreeding reduces fitness of seed beetles under thermal stress4
Coevolutionary theory of hosts and parasites4
Understanding the evolution of immune genes in jawed vertebrates4
The social lives of viruses and other mobile genetic elements: a commentary on Leeks et al. 20234
Comparative transcriptome analysis at the onset of speciation in a mimetic butterfly—The Ithomiini Melinaea marsaeus4
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The avian lightweights: Trans‐Saharan migrants show lower lean body mass than short‐/medium‐distance migrants3
Are brood sex ratios adaptive?—The effect of experimentally altered brood sex ratio on nestling growth, mortality and recruitment3
Red and yellow pigments in autumn leaves are associated with higher nitrogen resorption3
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SARS‐CoV‐2 virulence evolution: Avirulence theory, immunity and trade‐offs3
To self or not to self? Absence of mate choice despite costly outcrossing in the fungus Podospora anserina3
Diverse strategies that animals use to deter intraspecific predation3
Meiotic drive does not cause condition‐dependent reduction of the sexual ornament in stalk‐eyed flies3
Evolution of reproductive structures for in‐flight mating in thynnine wasps (Hymenoptera: Thynnidae: Thynninae)3
Animal chromosome counts reveal a similar range of chromosome numbers but with less polyploidy in animals compared to flowering plants3
The effect of mutational robustness on the evolvability of multicellular organisms and eukaryotic cells3
Not just the sum of its parts: Geographic variation and nonadditive effects of pyrazines in the chemical defence of an aposematic moth3
The phenomenon of red and yellow autumn leaves: Hypotheses, agreements and disagreements3
Pathogen‐mediated selection favours the maintenance of innate immunity gene polymorphism in a widespread wild ungulate3
Strong phylogenetic congruence betweenTulasnellafungi and their associated Drakaeinae orchids3
Extra‐pair paternity and sexual dimorphism in birds3
How do host plant use and seasonal life cycle relate to insect body size: A case study on European geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)3
Testing potential mechanisms of conspecific sperm precedence in Drosophila pseudoobscura3
Multiple paternity is related to adult sex ratio and sex determination system in reptiles3
The tarnished silver spoon? Trade‐off between prenatal growth and telomere length in wild boar3
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Mutation accumulation in inbreeding populations under evolution of the selfing rate3
Evolution of reproductive modes in sharks and rays3
The relevance of chromosome fissions for major ribosomal DNA dispersion in hymenopteran insects3
Evidence for the Predator Attraction Hypothesis in an amphibian predator–prey system3
Dispersal reduces interspecific competitiveness by spreading locally harmful traits3
Identification of a candidate sex determination gene in Culaea inconstans suggests convergent recruitment of an Amh duplicate in two lineages of stickleback3
Evolution of seed mass associated with mating systems in multiple plant families3
Polyploidization as an opportunistic mutation: The role of unreduced gametes formation and genetic drift in polyploid establishment3
The role of migration in mutant dynamics in fragmented populations3
Evolution of sex‐specific heat stress tolerance and larval Hsp70 expression in populations of Drosophila melanogaster adapted to larval crowding3
Measuring, comparing and interpreting phenotypic selection on floral scent3
Complex effects of environment and Wolbachia infections on the life history of Drosophila melanogaster hosts3
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Patterns of bird song evolution on islands support the character release hypothesis in tropical but not in temperate latitudes3
More to legs than meets the eye: Presence and function of pheromone compounds on heliothine moth legs3
Multiple infection theory rather than ‘socio-virology’? A commentary on Leeks et al. 20233
Towards a global perspective for Salvia L.: Phylogeny, diversification and floral evolution3
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