Inversions are structural mutations that reverse the sequence of a chromosome segment
and reduce the effective rate of recombination in the heterozygous state. They play a major …

The rapid rate of current global climate change is having strong effects on many species
and, at least in some cases, is driving evolution, particularly when changes in conditions …

Life-history traits or “fitness components”—such as age and size at maturity, fecundity and
fertility, age-specific rates of survival, and life span—are the major phenotypic determinants …

There is a growing appreciation that chromosome inversions affect rates of adaptation,
speciation, and the evolution of sex chromosomes. Comparative genomic studies have …

Understanding the genetic underpinnings of adaptive change is a fundamental but largely
unresolved problem in evolutionary biology. D rosophila melanogaster, an ancestrally …

The development of a more synthetic approach to understanding spatial patterns in
biogeography, particularly of the way in which these patterns interact, constitutes a major …

Clines in chromosomal inversion polymorphisms—presumably driven by climatic gradients—
are common but there is surprisingly little evidence for selection acting on them. Here we …

Genetic variation is the fuel of evolution, with standing genetic variation especially important
for short-term evolution and local adaptation. To date, studies of spatiotemporal patterns of …

Determining the genetic basis of environmental adaptation is a central problem of
evolutionary biology. This issue has been fruitfully addressed by examining genetic …

Drosophila melanogaster invaded Australia around 100 years ago, most likely through a
northern invasion. The wide range of climatic conditions in eastern Australia across which D …