Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Evolutionary Biology is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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Avoiding the tragedy of the commons: Improved group‐feeding performance in kin groups maintains foraging cooperation in subsocial Stegodyphus africanus spiders (Araneae, Eresidae)89
Multispecies colour polymorphisms associated with contrasting microhabitats in two Mediterranean wrasse radiations85
Effects of genetic vs. environmental quality on condition‐dependent morphological and life history traits in a neriid fly65
The evolution of the additive variance of a trait under stabilizing selection after autopolyploidization50
An update on recent developments at JEB50
A tangled web: Comparing inter‐ and intraspecific mating dynamics in Anasa squash bugs35
Viruses, cancers, and evolutionary biology in the clinic: a commentary on Leeks et al. 202334
Can low‐quality parents exploit their high‐quality partners to gain higher fitness?33
A novel neo‐sex chromosome in Sylvietta brachyura (Macrosphenidae) adds to the extraordinary avian sex chromosome diversity among Sylvioidea songbirds29
The effects of sex on extinction dynamics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii depend on the rate of environmental change29
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Trade‐offs in defence to pathogen species revealed in expanding nematode populations24
Genotype specific and microbiome effects of hypoxia in the model organism Daphnia magna24
Evolution of immune function in response to dietary macronutrients in male and female decorated crickets23
Bait‐ER: A Bayesian method to detect targets of selection in Evolve‐and‐Resequence experiments23
A novel cricket morph has diverged in song and wing morphology across island populations23
Parasite‐induced shifts in host movement may explain the transient coexistence of high‐ and low‐pathogenic disease strains21
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Assessing co-diversification in host-associated microbiomes17
Size-dependent colouration balances conspicuous aposematism and camouflage17
Reconstruction of evolutionary changes in fat and toxin consumption reveals associations with gene losses in mammals: A case study for the lipase inhibitor PNLIPRP1 and the xenobiotic receptor 17
Evolutionary divergence in phenotypic plasticity shapes brain size variation between coexisting sunfish ecotypes15
New insights into Xenopus sex chromosome genomics from the Marsabit clawed frog X. borealis14
Moderate evidence for heritability in the duet contributions of a South American primate14
Selection on sperm size in response to promiscuity and variation in female sperm storage organs14
Subfunctionalisation of paralogous genes and evolution of differential codon usage preferences: The showcase of polypyrimidine tract binding proteins14
Assessment of phylogenetic approaches to study the timing of recombination cessation on sex chromosomes13
Soft selection reduces loss of heterozygosity in asexual reproduction13
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Selection on dispersal drives evolution of metabolic capacities for energy production in female wing‐polymorphic sand field crickets, Gryllus firmus13
Epigenetics and reproductive isolation: a commentary on Westram et al., 202213
Ontogenetic change in effectiveness of chemical defence against different predators in Oxycarenus true bugs13
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Age-specific survival of territorial and non-territorial male chamois12
Evolution of thermal performance curves: A meta‐analysis of selection experiments12
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The potential for the evolution of thermally sensitive courtship behaviours in the treehopper, Enchenopa binotata12
Phenotypic variation and genomic variation in insect virulence traits reveal patterns of intraspecific diversity in a locust-specific fungal pathogen12
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Ghost introgression in ricefishes of the genus Adrianichthys in an ancient Wallacean lake12
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Environment dependence of the expression of mutational load and species’ range limits11
Genetic and social contributions to sex differences in lifespan in Drosophila serrata11
Effect of population size and selection on Toll‐like receptor diversity in populations of Galápagos mockingbirds11
Interpopulation variation in inbreeding is primarily driven by tolerance of mating with relatives in a spermcasting invertebrate11
Implications of nitrogen translocation efficiency for hypotheses on the evolution of autumn colours—11
Bet-hedging via dispersal aids the evolution of plastic responses to unreliable cues11
Trees growing in Eastern North America experience higher autumn solar irradiation than their European relatives, but is nitrogen limitation another factor explaining anthocyanin‐red autumn leaves?11
Pre‐ and post‐association barriers to host switching in sympatric mutualists11
Does sexual conflict contribute to the evolution of novel warning patterns?11
Environmental variance in male mating success modulates the positive versus negative impacts of sexual selection on genetic load11
Purifying selection against spurious splicing signals contributes to the base composition evolution of the polypyrimidine tract10
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Sequencing of laser captured Z and W chromosomes of the tocantins paradoxical frog (Pseudis tocantins) provides insights on repeatome and chromosomal homology10
How plants conquered land: evolution of terrestrial adaptation10
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Does the definition of a novel environment affect the ability to detect cryptic genetic variation?10
No genomic repercussions of assortative pairing in a colour polymorphic lizard10
Ecology and the evolution of sex chromosomes10
Response to: A comment on The adaptive value of gluttony: Predators mediate the life history trade‐offs of satiation threshold by Pruitt and Krauel (2010) by Postma et al. (2021)10
Lack of alignment across yeast‐dependent life‐history traits may limit Drosophila melanogaster dietary specialization10
Predator response to the coloured eyespots and defensive posture of Colombian four-eyed frogs9
Consequences of adaptation to larval crowding on sexual and fecundity selection in Drosophila melanogaster9
Environmental and genealogical effects on DNA methylation in a widespread apomictic dandelion lineage9
Investigating signal modalities of aposematism in a poison frog9
Is drift ‘directional’? Unequal breeding sex ratio revisited9
How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process9
Pressure for rapid and accurate mate recognition promotes avian‐perceived plumage sexual dichromatism in true thrushes (genus: Turdus)9
Genetic colour variation visible for predators and conspecifics is concealed from humans in a polymorphic moth9
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Female reproductive fluid concentrations affect sperm performance of alternative male phenotypes in an external fertilizer9
Evolution of sex allocation plasticity in a hermaphroditic flatworm genus9
Signal detection shapes ornament allometry in functionally convergent Caribbean Anolis and Southeast Asian Draco lizards9
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Cryptic community structure and metabolic interactions among the heritable facultative symbionts of the pea aphid8
Evolution of antagonistic and mutualistic traits in the yucca‐yucca moth obligate pollination mutualism8
Evolution and dosage compensation of nucleolar organizing regions (NORs) mediated by mobile elements in turtles with female (ZZ/ZW) but not with male (XX/XY8
Recent expansion of the non‐recombining sex‐linked region on Silene latifolia sex chromosomes8
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Causes and consequences of variation in development time in a field cricket8
100 years of Haldane's rule8
Hunger for sex: Abundant, heterogeneous resources select for sexual reproduction in the field8
Males and females contribute differently to the evolution of habitat segregation driven by hybridization8
Reproductive isolating mechanisms contributing to asymmetric hybridization in Killifishes (Fundulus spp.)8
Seasonal stability and species specificity of environmentally acquired chemical mating signals in orchid bees8
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Comparison of methodological approaches to the study of young sex chromosomes: A case study in Poecilia8
The social role of defective viral genomes in chronic viral infections: a commentary on Leeks et al. 20238
Trade‐off between pre and post‐copulatory traits depends on locomotor activity in male Tribolium castaneum beetles8
Correlated evolution between orb weaver glue droplets and supporting fibres maintains their distinct biomechanical roles in adhesion8
Radiation‐mediated supply of genetic variation outweighs the effects of selection and drift in Chernobyl Daphnia populations8
The effect of migration and variation on populations of Escherichia coli adapting to complex fluctuating environments8
Cytoplasmic incompatibility in hybrid zones: infection dynamics and resistance evolution8
Why do Hymenopteran workers drift to non-natal groups? Generalized reciprocity and the maximization of group and parental success8
Allometry, sexual selection and evolutionary lines of least resistance shaped the evolution of exaggerated sexual traits within the genusTyrannus8
Selfish migrants: How a meiotic driver is selected to increase dispersal8
Environmental effects rather than relatedness determine gut microbiome similarity in a social mammal8
Sensory plasticity in a socially plastic bee7
Rapid hyperthyroidism-induced adaptation of salmonid fish in response to environmental pollution7
Evolution of territoriality in Hylinae treefrogs: Ecological and morphological correlates and lineage diversification7
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Experimental sexual selection affects the evolution of physiological and life‐history traits7
Hybrid incompatibility between Drosophila virilis and D. lummei is stronger in the presence of transposable elements7
Sex-specific trait architecture in a spider with sexual size dimorphism7
Sexual signal evolution and patterns of assortative mating across an intraspecific contact zone7
Male size does not affect the strength of male mate choice for high-quality females in Drosophila melanogaster7
Intraspecific variation in reproductive barriers between two closely related Arabidopsis sister species6
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Sex chromosome evolution: The remarkable diversity in the evolutionary rates and mechanisms6
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Responses to artificial selection for locomotor activity: A focus on death feigning in red flour beetle6
Ecology, sexual dimorphism, and jumping evolution in anurans6
Candidate gene polymorphisms are linked to dispersive and migratory behaviour: Searching for a mechanism behind the “paradox of the great speciators”6
Hoisted with his own petard: How sex‐ratio meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis creates resistance alleles that limit its spread6
Evolutionary rescue under demographic and environmental stochasticity6
X chromosomes show relaxed selection and complete somatic dosage compensation across Timema stick insect species6
Adaptive phenotypic and genomic divergence in the common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) following niche expansion within a small oceanic island6
Spatial variation in the evolutionary potential and constraints of basal metabolic rate and body mass in a wild bird6
Evidence of prezygotic isolation, but not assortative mating, between locally adapted populations ofFundulus heteroclitusacross a salinity gradient6
Long‐term persistence of exaggerated ornaments under Fisherian runaway despite costly mate search6
A variance partitioning perspective of assortative mating: Proximate mechanisms and evolutionary implications6
Sexual selection drives the coevolution of male and female reproductive traits in Peromyscus mice6
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Reproductive isolation via divergent genital morphology due to cascade reinforcement inOhomopterusground beetles6
Static allometries do not reflect evolutionary allometry in exaggerated weaponry of male New Zealand sheetweb spiders (Cambridgea spp.)5
The maintenance of genetic diversity under host–parasite coevolution in finite, structured populations5
Evolution of physical linkage between loci controlling ecological traits and mating preferences5
Understanding the evolution of immune genes in jawed vertebrates5
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The social lives of viruses and other mobile genetic elements: a commentary on Leeks et al. 20235
Forty‐two, and other precise answers to difficult questions: a commentary on Westram et al., 20225
Implementing code review in the scientific workflow: Insights from ecology and evolutionary biology5
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The adaptive role of melanin plasticity in thermally variable environments5
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The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences5
Divergent selection on behavioural and chemical traits between reproductively isolated populations of Drosophila melanogaster5
Coevolutionary theory of hosts and parasites5
phylosem: A fast and simple R package for phylogenetic inference and trait imputation using phylogenetic structural equation models5
Open questions in the social lives of viruses5
Identification of a cis‐sex chromosome transition in banded geckos (Coleonyx, Eublepharidae, Gekkota)5
Mitonuclear discordance and patterns of reproductive isolation in a complex of simultaneously hermaphroditic species, the Allolobophora chlorotica case study5
Onset and stepwise extensions of recombination suppression are common in mating‐type chromosomes of Microbotryum anther‐smut fungi5
Mutation accumulation in inbreeding populations under evolution of the selfing rate4
The tarnished silver spoon? Trade‐off between prenatal growth and telomere length in wild boar4
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How do host plant use and seasonal life cycle relate to insect body size: A case study on European geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)4
Are brood sex ratios adaptive?—The effect of experimentally altered brood sex ratio on nestling growth, mortality and recruitment4
The role of migration in mutant dynamics in fragmented populations4
Evidence for the Predator Attraction Hypothesis in an amphibian predator–prey system4
Strong genotype‐by‐genotype interactions between aphid‐defensive symbionts and parasitoids persist across different biotic environments4
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Age trajectories in extra-pair siring success suggest an effect of maturation or early-life experience4
The effect of mutational robustness on the evolvability of multicellular organisms and eukaryotic cells4
Extra‐pair paternity and sexual dimorphism in birds4
Measuring, comparing and interpreting phenotypic selection on floral scent4
Red and yellow pigments in autumn leaves are associated with higher nitrogen resorption4
Not just the sum of its parts: Geographic variation and nonadditive effects of pyrazines in the chemical defence of an aposematic moth4
More to legs than meets the eye: Presence and function of pheromone compounds on heliothine moth legs4
Multiple paternity is related to adult sex ratio and sex determination system in reptiles4
Evolution of reproductive modes in sharks and rays4
Molecular evolution and convergence of the rhodopsin gene in Gymnogobius, a goby group having diverged into coastal to freshwater habitats4
A socially polymorphicFormicaant species exhibits a novel distribution of social supergene genotypes4
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Dewlap colour variation in Anolis sagrei is maintained among habitats within islands of the West Indies4
Multiple infection theory rather than ‘socio-virology’? A commentary on Leeks et al. 20234
Complex effects of environment and Wolbachia infections on the life history of Drosophila melanogaster hosts4
Diverse strategies that animals use to deter intraspecific predation4
To self or not to self? Absence of mate choice despite costly outcrossing in the fungus Podospora anserina4
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Experimental test of the influence of light availability on the evolution of eye size and behaviour in Daphnia4
Beyond classical theories: An integrative mathematical model of mating dynamics and parental care4
Cryptic female choice within individual males – A neglected component of the postmating sexual selection?4
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