Meiotic recombination is a fundamental feature of sexually reproducing species. It is often
required for proper chromosome segregation and plays important role in adaptation and the …

Many important questions in ecology and evolutionary biology can only be answered with
data that extend over several decades and answering a substantial proportion of questions …

Additive genetic variance (VA) reflects the potential for evolutionary shifts and can be low for
some traits or populations. High VA is critical for the conservation of threatened species …

Short-term evolutionary potential depends on the additive genetic variance in the
population. The additive variance is often measured as heritability, the fraction of the total …

When selective pressures differ between males and females, the genes experiencing these
conflicting evolutionary forces are said to be sexually antagonistic. Although the phenotypic …

The evolutionary forces that drive fitness variation in species are of considerable interest.
Despite this, the relative importance and interactions of genetic and social factors involved in …

Anthropogenic climate change is a rapidly intensifying selection pressure on biodiversity
across the globe and, particularly, on the world's coral reefs. The rate of adaptation to …

The breeder's equation, which predicts evolutionary change when a phenotypic covariance
exists between a heritable trait and fitness, has provided a key conceptual framework for …

The relative importance of nature (often interpreted as genes) and nurture (the environment),
ie a trait's heritability (Boxes 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3; Falconer & Mackay 1996; Lynch & Walsh 1998; …

Meiotic recombination through chromosomal crossing-over is a fundamental feature of sex
and an important driver of genomic diversity. It ensures proper disjunction, allows increased …