The scientific study of networks-computer, social, and biological-has received an enormous
amount of interest in recent years. However, the network approach has been applied to the …

Investigating the properties of ecological landscapes that influence gene flow among
populations can provide key insights into the earliest stages of biological divergence. Both …

Our understanding of animal mating systems has changed dramatically with the advent of
molecular methods to determine individuals' reproductive success. But why are older …

Complex organismal structures are organized into modules, suites of traits that develop,
function, and vary in a coordinated fashion. By limiting or directing covariation among …

It is evident that the environment has the potential to affect animal communication strategies.
Species from diverse taxonomic groups using signals from different modalities are known to …

Animals exhibit considerable and consistent among-individual variation in cognitive abilities,
even within a population. Recent studies have attempted to address this variation using …

The study of parallel evolution facilitates the discovery of common rules of diversification.
Here, we examine the repeated evolution of thick lips in M idas cichlid fishes (the A …

The evolution of convergent phenotypes is one of the most interesting outcomes of replicate
adaptive radiations. Remarkable cases of convergence involve the thick‐lipped phenotype …

Background We employed a phylogenetic framework to identify patterns of life habit
evolution in the marine bivalve family Pectinidae. Specifically, we examined the number of …

Innovations in locomotor morphology have been invoked as important drivers of vertebrate
diversification, although the influence of novel locomotion strategies on marine fish …