Sex‐specific aging in animals: perspective and future directions
Sex differences in aging occur in many animal species, and they include sex differences in
lifespan, in the onset and progression of age‐associated decline, and in physiological and …
lifespan, in the onset and progression of age‐associated decline, and in physiological and …
Early‐life food stress hits females harder than males in insects: A meta‐analysis of sex differences in environmental sensitivity
Fitness consequences of early‐life environmental conditions are often sex‐specific, but
corresponding evidence for invertebrates remains inconclusive. Here, we use meta‐analysis …
corresponding evidence for invertebrates remains inconclusive. Here, we use meta‐analysis …
Developmental bias predicts 60 million years of wing shape evolution
The degree to which developmental biases affect trait evolution is subject to much debate.
Here, we first quantify fluctuating asymmetry as a measure of developmental variability, ie …
Here, we first quantify fluctuating asymmetry as a measure of developmental variability, ie …
Why do males emerge before females? Sexual size dimorphism drives sexual bimaturism in insects
Conspecific females and males often follow different development trajectories which leads to
sex differences in age at maturity (sexual bimaturism, SBM). Whether SBM is typically …
sex differences in age at maturity (sexual bimaturism, SBM). Whether SBM is typically …
Sexual selection, phenotypic plasticity and female reproductive output
In a rapidly changing environment, does sexual selection on males elevate a population's
reproductive output? If so, does phenotypic plasticity enhance or diminish any such effect …
reproductive output? If so, does phenotypic plasticity enhance or diminish any such effect …
Allometric plasticity and the evolution of environment-by-environment (E× E) interactions during a rapid range expansion of a dung beetle
Plastic responses to environmental conditions may themselves depend on other
environmental conditions, but how such environment-by-environment (E× E) interactions …
environmental conditions, but how such environment-by-environment (E× E) interactions …
Vertically inherited microbiota and environment‐modifying behaviors indirectly shape the exaggeration of secondary sexual traits in the gazelle dung beetle
Many organisms actively manipulate the environment in ways that feed back on their own
development, a process referred to as developmental niche construction. Yet, the role that …
development, a process referred to as developmental niche construction. Yet, the role that …
A comparative study of the role of sex-specific condition dependence in the evolution of sexually dimorphic traits
Sexual selection can displace traits acting as ornaments or armaments from their viability
optimum in one sex, ultimately giving rise to sexual dimorphism. The degree of dimorphism …
optimum in one sex, ultimately giving rise to sexual dimorphism. The degree of dimorphism …
Female‐biased gape and body‐size dimorphism in the New World watersnakes (tribe: Thamnophiini) oppose predictions from Rensch's rule
FT Burbrink, I Futterman - Ecology and Evolution, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sexual‐size dimorphism (SSD) is ubiquitous across animals and often biased in the
direction of larger females in snakes and other ectothermic organisms. To understand how …
direction of larger females in snakes and other ectothermic organisms. To understand how …
Doublesex mediates species-, sex-, environment- and trait-specific exaggeration of size and shape
PT Rohner, DM Linz… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Context-dependent trait exaggeration is a major contributor to phenotypic diversity.
However, the genetic modifiers instructing development across multiple contexts remain …
However, the genetic modifiers instructing development across multiple contexts remain …