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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
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An update on recent developments at JEB98
Viruses, cancers, and evolutionary biology in the clinic: a commentary on Leeks et al. 202391
Avoiding the tragedy of the commons: Improved group‐feeding performance in kin groups maintains foraging cooperation in subsocial Stegodyphus africanus spiders (Araneae, Eresidae)64
A novel neo‐sex chromosome in Sylvietta brachyura (Macrosphenidae) adds to the extraordinary avian sex chromosome diversity among Sylvioidea songbirds58
Can low‐quality parents exploit their high‐quality partners to gain higher fitness?57
The effects of sex on extinction dynamics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii depend on the rate of environmental change38
The evolution of the additive variance of a trait under stabilizing selection after autopolyploidization35
Multispecies colour polymorphisms associated with contrasting microhabitats in two Mediterranean wrasse radiations35
Effects of genetic vs. environmental quality on condition‐dependent morphological and life history traits in a neriid fly34
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Trade‐offs in defence to pathogen species revealed in expanding nematode populations27
Evolution of immune function in response to dietary macronutrients in male and female decorated crickets26
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Genotype specific and microbiome effects of hypoxia in the model organism Daphnia magna24
Bait‐ER: A Bayesian method to detect targets of selection in Evolve‐and‐Resequence experiments24
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New insights into Xenopus sex chromosome genomics from the Marsabit clawed frog X. borealis23
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Size-dependent colouration balances conspicuous aposematism and camouflage22
Reconstruction of evolutionary changes in fat and toxin consumption reveals associations with gene losses in mammals: A case study for the lipase inhibitor PNLIPRP1 19
Parasite‐induced shifts in host movement may explain the transient coexistence of high‐ and low‐pathogenic disease strains19
Evolutionary divergence in phenotypic plasticity shapes brain size variation between coexisting sunfish ecotypes17
Selection on sperm size in response to promiscuity and variation in female sperm storage organs17
Subfunctionalisation of paralogous genes and evolution of differential codon usage preferences: The showcase of polypyrimidine tract binding proteins16
Assessing co-diversification in host-associated microbiomes15
A novel cricket morph has diverged in song and wing morphology across island populations15
Soft selection reduces loss of heterozygosity in asexual reproduction14
The potential for the evolution of thermally sensitive courtship behaviours in the treehopper, Enchenopa binotata14
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Epigenetics and reproductive isolation: a commentary on Westram et al., 202213
Assessment of phylogenetic approaches to study the timing of recombination cessation on sex chromosomes13
Phenotypic variation and genomic variation in insect virulence traits reveal patterns of intraspecific diversity in a locust-specific fungal pathogen13
Selection on dispersal drives evolution of metabolic capacities for energy production in female wing‐polymorphic sand field crickets, Gryllus firmus13
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Environment dependence of the expression of mutational load and species’ range limits13
Ghost introgression in ricefishes of the genus Adrianichthys in an ancient Wallacean lake13
Evolution of thermal performance curves: A meta‐analysis of selection experiments13
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Ontogenetic change in effectiveness of chemical defence against different predators in Oxycarenus true bugs13
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Pre‐ and post‐association barriers to host switching in sympatric mutualists12
Age-specific survival of territorial and non-territorial male chamois12
Interpopulation variation in inbreeding is primarily driven by tolerance of mating with relatives in a spermcasting invertebrate12
How plants conquered land: evolution of terrestrial adaptation12
Does sexual conflict contribute to the evolution of novel warning patterns?12
Consequences of adaptation to larval crowding on sexual and fecundity selection in Drosophila melanogaster11
Effect of population size and selection on Toll‐like receptor diversity in populations of Galápagos mockingbirds11
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
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Implications of nitrogen translocation efficiency for hypotheses on the evolution of autumn colours—11
Ecology and the evolution of sex chromosomes11
Bet-hedging via dispersal aids the evolution of plastic responses to unreliable cues11
Genetic and social contributions to sex differences in lifespan in Drosophila serrata11
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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 tract11
No genomic repercussions of assortative pairing in a colour polymorphic lizard11
Genetic colour variation visible for predators and conspecifics is concealed from humans in a polymorphic moth10
Pressure for rapid and accurate mate recognition promotes avian‐perceived plumage sexual dichromatism in true thrushes (genus: Turdus )10
Investigating signal modalities of aposematism in a poison frog10
Evolution of sex allocation plasticity in a hermaphroditic flatworm genus10
Environmental and genealogical effects on DNA methylation in a widespread apomictic dandelion lineage10
Lack of alignment across yeast‐dependent life‐history traits may limit Drosophila melanogaster dietary specialization10
How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process10
Sequencing of laser captured Z and W chromosomes of the tocantins paradoxical frog ( Pseudis tocantins ) provides insights on repeatome and chromosomal h10
Does the definition of a novel environment affect the ability to detect cryptic genetic variation?10
Signal detection shapes ornament allometry in functionally convergent Caribbean Anolis and Southeast Asian Draco 10
Is drift ‘directional’? Unequal breeding sex ratio revisited9
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Cryptic community structure and metabolic interactions among the heritable facultative symbionts of the pea aphid9
Recent expansion of the non‐recombining sex‐linked region on Silene latifolia sex chromosomes9
Correlated evolution between orb weaver glue droplets and supporting fibres maintains their distinct biomechanical roles in adhesion9
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Predator response to the coloured eyespots and defensive posture of Colombian four-eyed frogs9
Why do Hymenopteran workers drift to non-natal groups? Generalized reciprocity and the maximization of group and parental success9
Cytoplasmic incompatibility in hybrid zones: infection dynamics and resistance evolution9
Female reproductive fluid concentrations affect sperm performance of alternative male phenotypes in an external fertilizer9
Evolution and dosage compensation of nucleolar organizing regions (NORs) mediated by mobile elements in turtles with female (ZZ/ZW) but not with male (XX/XY9
Males and females contribute differently to the evolution of habitat segregation driven by hybridization9
Seasonal stability and species specificity of environmentally acquired chemical mating signals in orchid bees8
Radiation‐mediated supply of genetic variation outweighs the effects of selection and drift in Chernobyl Daphnia populations8
The social role of defective viral genomes in chronic viral infections: a commentary on Leeks et al. 20238
Hunger for sex: Abundant, heterogeneous resources select for sexual reproduction in the field8
Sensory plasticity in a socially plastic bee8
The effect of migration and variation on populations of Escherichia coli adapting to complex fluctuating environments8
Sex-specific trait architecture in a spider with sexual size dimorphism8
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Comparison of methodological approaches to the study of young sex chromosomes: A case study in Poecilia8
Trade‐off between pre and post‐copulatory traits depends on locomotor activity in male Tribolium castaneum beetles8
Environmental effects rather than relatedness determine gut microbiome similarity in a social mammal8
Reproductive isolating mechanisms contributing to asymmetric hybridization in Killifishes ( Fundulus spp.)8
100 years of Haldane's rule8
Selfish migrants: How a meiotic driver is selected to increase dispersal8
Allometry, sexual selection and evolutionary lines of least resistance shaped the evolution of exaggerated sexual traits within the genus Tyrannus8
Long‐term persistence of exaggerated ornaments under Fisherian runaway despite costly mate search7
Sexual signal evolution and patterns of assortative mating across an intraspecific contact zone7
Experimental sexual selection affects the evolution of physiological and life‐history traits7
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Rapid hyperthyroidism-induced adaptation of salmonid fish in response to environmental pollution7
Hybrid incompatibility between Drosophila virilis and D. lummei is stronger in the presence of transposabl7
Candidate gene polymorphisms are linked to dispersive and migratory behaviour: Searching for a mechanism behind the “paradox of the great speciators”7
Hoisted with his own petard: How sex‐ratio meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis creates resistance alleles that limit its spread7
Male size does not affect the strength of male mate choice for high-quality females in Drosophila melanogaster7
Evolution of territoriality in Hylinae treefrogs: Ecological and morphological correlates and lineage diversification7
Evidence of prezygotic isolation, but not assortative mating, between locally adapted populations of Fundulus heteroclitus across a salinity gradient7
Sexual selection drives the coevolution of male and female reproductive traits in Peromyscus mice6
Adaptive phenotypic and genomic divergence in the common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) following niche expansion within a small oceanic island6
The adaptive role of melanin plasticity in thermally variable environments6
Evolutionary rescue under demographic and environmental stochasticity6
Sex chromosome evolution: The remarkable diversity in the evolutionary rates and mechanisms6
X chromosomes show relaxed selection and complete somatic dosage compensation across Timema stick insect species6
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phylosem: A fast and simple R package for phylogenetic inference and trait imputation using phylogenetic structural equation models6
Understanding the evolution of immune genes in jawed vertebrates6
Ecology, sexual dimorphism, and jumping evolution in anurans6
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A variance partitioning perspective of assortative mating: Proximate mechanisms and evolutionary implications6
Responses to artificial selection for locomotor activity: A focus on death feigning in red flour beetle6
Evolution of physical linkage between loci controlling ecological traits and mating preferences6
Reproductive isolation via divergent genital morphology due to cascade reinforcement inOhomopterusground beetles6
Spatial variation in the evolutionary potential and constraints of basal metabolic rate and body mass in a wild bird6
Intraspecific variation in reproductive barriers between two closely related Arabidopsis sister species6
Implementing code review in the scientific workflow: Insights from ecology and evolutionary biology5
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Open questions in the social lives of viruses5
The social lives of viruses and other mobile genetic elements: a commentary on Leeks et al. 20235
The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences5
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Experimental test of the influence of light availability on the evolution of eye size and behaviour in Daphnia5
Forty‐two, and other precise answers to difficult questions: a commentary on Westram et al., 20225
The maintenance of genetic diversity under host–parasite coevolution in finite, structured populations5
Identification of a cis‐sex chromosome transition in banded geckos (Coleonyx, Eublepharidae, Gekkota)5
Static allometries do not reflect evolutionary allometry in exaggerated weaponry of male New Zealand sheetweb spiders ( Cambridgea spp.)5
Onset and stepwise extensions of recombination suppression are common in mating‐type chromosomes of Microbotryum anther‐smut fungi5
Coevolutionary theory of hosts and parasites5
Dewlap colour variation in Anolis sagrei is maintained among habitats within islands of the West Indies5
Cryptic female choice within individual males – A neglected component of the postmating sexual selection?5
Mitonuclear discordance and patterns of reproductive isolation in a complex of simultaneously hermaphroditic species, the Allolobophora chlorotica case s5
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A socially polymorphic Formica ant species exhibits a novel distribution of social supergene genotypes5
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Age trajectories in extra-pair siring success suggest an effect of maturation or early-life experience5
Divergent selection on behavioural and chemical traits between reproductively isolated populations of Drosophila melanogaster5
Identification of a candidate sex determination gene in Culaea inconstans suggests convergent recruitment of an Amh duplicate in two lineages of stickleback4
Not just the sum of its parts: Geographic variation and nonadditive effects of pyrazines in the chemical defence of an aposematic moth4
Evidence for the Predator Attraction Hypothesis in an amphibian predator–prey system4
Extra‐pair paternity and sexual dimorphism in birds4
Beyond classical theories: An integrative mathematical model of mating dynamics and parental care4
Multiple paternity is related to adult sex ratio and sex determination system in reptiles4
Isotopic niches do not follow the expectations of niche conservatism in the bird genus Cinclodes4
Towards a global perspective for Salvia L.: Phylogeny, diversification and floral evolution4
Estimating amino acid substitution models for metazoan evolutionary studies4
Are brood sex ratios adaptive?—The effect of experimentally altered brood sex ratio on nestling growth, mortality and recruitment4
To self or not to self? Absence of mate choice despite costly outcrossing in the fungus Podospora anserina4
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The role of migration in mutant dynamics in fragmented populations4
Diverse strategies that animals use to deter intraspecific predation4
Multiple infection theory rather than ‘socio-virology’? A commentary on Leeks et al. 20234
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Polyploidization as an opportunistic mutation: The role of unreduced gametes formation and genetic drift in polyploid establishment4
Red and yellow pigments in autumn leaves are associated with higher nitrogen resorption4
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More to legs than meets the eye: Presence and function of pheromone compounds on heliothine moth legs4
Measuring, comparing and interpreting phenotypic selection on floral scent4
Evolution of reproductive modes in sharks and rays4
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The effect of mutational robustness on the evolvability of multicellular organisms and eukaryotic cells4
How do host plant use and seasonal life cycle relate to insect body size: A case study on European geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)4
The phenomenon of red and yellow autumn leaves: Hypotheses, agreements and disagreements4
Complex effects of environment and Wolbachia infections on the life history of Drosophila melanogaster hos4
Strong phylogenetic congruence between Tulasnella fungi and their associated Drakaeinae orchids4
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