An important tenet of evolutionary developmental biology (“evo devo”) is that adaptive
mutations affecting morphology are more likely to occur in the cis-regulatory regions than in …

The study of pigmentation has played an important role in the intersection of evolution,
genetics, and developmental biology. Pigmentation's utility as a visible phenotypic marker …

Directional selection is a major force driving adaptation and evolutionary change. However,
the distribution, strength, and tempo of phenotypic selection acting on quantitative traits in …

How strong is phenotypic selection on quantitative traits in the wild? We reviewed the
literature from 1984 through 1997 for studies that estimated the strength of linear and …

Natural populations of beach mice exhibit a characteristic color pattern, relative to their
mainland conspecifics, driven by natural selection for crypsis. We identified a derived …

The ability to efficiently and accurately determine genotypes is a keystone technology in
modern genetics, crucial to studies ranging from clinical diagnostics, to genotype-phenotype …

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The identification of precise mutations is required for a complete understanding of the
underlying molecular and evolutionary mechanisms driving adaptive phenotypic change …

Adaptation is a central focus of biology, although it can be difficult to identify both the
strength and agent of selection and the underlying molecular mechanisms causing change …

A central challenge in evolutionary biology is to identify genes underlying ecologically
important traits and describe the fitness consequences of naturally occurring variation at …