OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Evolution Letters is 8. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Strongly deleterious mutations are a primary determinant of extinction risk due to inbreeding depression	149
Genetic variation for adaptive traits is associated with polymorphic inversions inLittorina saxatilis	48
Application of a novel haplotype-based scan for local adaptation to study high-altitude adaptation in rhesus macaques	47
Selection on a small genomic region underpins differentiation in multiple color traits between two warbler species	39
Mutation load decreases with haplotype age in wild Soay sheep	35
Global adaptation complicates the interpretation of genome scans for local adaptation	30
Does genetic diversity protect host populations from parasites? A meta-analysis across natural and agricultural systems	29
Not so clonal asexuals: Unraveling the secret sex life ofArtemia parthenogenetica	29
Mother's curse is pervasive across a large mitonuclearDrosophilapanel	27
Genome-wide evolutionary response of European oaks during the Anthropocene	26
Evolutionary mechanisms that determine which bacterial genes are carried on plasmids	26
The dynamics of introgression across an avian radiation	22
Large-scale evolution of body temperatures in land vertebrates	22
Regional differences in rapid evolution during severe drought	22
Hormonal pleiotropy structures genetic covariance	20
Sex-biased gene expression at single-cell resolution: cause and consequence of sexual dimorphism	19
Selection in males purges the mutation load on female fitness	19
Quantifying the costs of pre- and postcopulatory traits for males: Evidence that costs of ejaculation are minor relative to mating effort	19
Experimental estimates of germline mutation rate in eukaryotes: a phylogenetic meta-analysis	18
Age-specific survivorship and fecundity shape genetic diversity in marine fishes	18
Immigration counter-acts local micro-evolution of a major fitness component: Migration-selection balance in free-living song sparrows	18
Modularity patterns in mammalian domestication: Assessing developmental hypotheses for diversification	17
Phenotypic integration in the carnivoran backbone and the evolution of functional differentiation in metameric structures	17
Ageing as “early-life inertia”: Disentangling life-history trade-offs along a lifetime of an individual	17
Experimental evidence for stabilizing selection on virulence in a bacterial pathogen	17

Widespread cryptic variation in genetic architecture between the sexes	17
A need for standardized reporting of introgression: Insights from studies across eukaryotes	17
Butterfly dichromatism primarily evolved via Darwin's, not Wallace's, model	16
Adaptive and maladaptive expression plasticity underlying herbicide resistance in an agricultural weed	16
How does the strength of selection influence genetic correlations?	16
Context dependence in the symbiosis betweenDictyostelium discoideumandParaburkholderia	16
Parent of origin gene expression in the bumblebee,Bombus terrestris, supports Haig's kinship theory for the evolution of genomic imprinting	15
Differing associations between sex determination and sex-linked inversions in two ecotypes ofLittorina saxatilis	15
Experimental evolution supports signatures of sexual selection in genomic divergence	15
Surprising spatiotemporal stability of a multi-peak fitness landscape revealed by independent field experiments measuring hybrid fitness	15
Tracing evolutionary decoupling of oral and pharyngeal jaws in cichlid fishes	14
Larger cells have relatively smaller nuclei across the Tree of Life	14
Should females prefer old males?	13
Adaptive divergence and the evolution of hybrid trait mismatch in threespine stickleback	13
Between virus correlations in the outcome of infection across host species: Evidence of virus by host species interactions	13
The immediate effects of polyploidization ofSpirodela polyrhizachange in a strain-specific way along environmental gradients	13
How much does the unguarded X contribute to sex differences in life span?	12
Helpers compensate for age-related declines in parental care and offspring survival in a cooperatively breeding bird	12
Population-level variation in parasite resistance due to differences in immune initiation and rate of response	12
The genomic scale of fluctuating selection in a natural plant population	12
The evolution of thermal performance in native and invasive populations ofMimulus guttatus	12
Pollution induces epigenetic effects that are stably transmitted across multiple generations	12
The thermal environment at fertilization mediates adaptive potential in the sea	12
Pleistocene glaciations caused the latitudinal gradient of within-species genetic diversity	11
Slower-X: reduced efficiency of selection in the early stages of X chromosome evolution	11
Recent range shifts of moths, butterflies, and birds are driven by the breadth of their climatic niche	11
A century-long record of plant evolution reconstructed from a coastal marsh seed bank	11
The repeatable opportunity for selection differs between pre- and postcopulatory fitness components	11
On the fast track: hybrids adapt more rapidly than parental populations in a novel environment	11
Frequency dependence and the predictability of evolution in a changing environment	11
Transcriptomic evidence for a trade-off between germline proliferation and immunity inDrosophila	10
A large chromosomal inversion shapes gene expression in seaweed flies (Coelopa frigida)	10
Frequent origins of traumatic insemination involve convergent shifts in sperm and genital morphology	10
Association with a novel protective microbe facilitates host adaptation to a stressful environment	10
Morning glory species co-occurrence is associated with asymmetrically decreased and cascading reproductive isolation	9
Ancient hybridization leads to the repeated evolution of red flowers across a monkeyflower radiation	9
A neglected conceptual problem regarding phenotypic plasticity's role in adaptive evolution: The importance of genetic covariance and social drive	9
Pollinators and herbivores interactively shape selection on strawberry defence and attraction	9
Macroecological diversification of ants is linked to angiosperm evolution	9
Plasticity via feedback reduces the cost of developmental instability	8
The coevolutionary dynamics of cryptic female choice	8
Why did the Wolbachia transinfection cross the road? drift, deterministic dynamics, and disease control	8
Rapid genomic convergent evolution in experimental populations of Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)	8
Maternal behavioral thermoregulation facilitated evolutionary transitions from egg laying to live birth	8
Experimental and theoretical support for costs of plasticity and phenotype in a nematode cannibalistic trait	8
Mosaic vaccination: How distributing different vaccines across a population could improve epidemic control	8
Thermal tolerance and preference are both consistent with the clinal distribution of house fly proto-Y chromosomes	8
Strong selective environments determine evolutionary outcome in time-dependent fitness seascapes	8
Cooperative interactions among females can lead to even more extraordinary sex ratios	8
A reexamination of theoretical arguments that indirect selection on mate preference is likely to be weaker than direct selection	8

Individual- and group-level sex ratios under local mate competition: consequences of infanticide and reproductive dominance