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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
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Effects of genetic vs. environmental quality on condition‐dependent morphological and life history traits in a neriid fly86
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A novel neo‐sex chromosome in Sylvietta brachyura (Macrosphenidae) adds to the extraordinary avian sex chromosome diversity among Sylvioidea songbirds77
The effects of sex on extinction dynamics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii depend on the rate of environmental change60
Multispecies colour polymorphisms associated with contrasting microhabitats in two Mediterranean wrasse radiations50
Viruses, cancers, and evolutionary biology in the clinic: a commentary on Leeks et al. 202344
Can low‐quality parents exploit their high‐quality partners to gain higher fitness?44
The evolution of the additive variance of a trait under stabilizing selection after autopolyploidization33
Predation risk and the evolution of a vertebrate stress response: Parallel evolution of stress reactivity and sexual dimorphism30
An update on recent developments at JEB28
Variation in seasonal timing traits and life history along a latitudinal transect in Mimulus ringens28
A tangled web: Comparing inter‐ and intraspecific mating dynamics in Anasa squash bugs25
Avoiding the tragedy of the commons: Improved group‐feeding performance in kin groups maintains foraging cooperation in subsocial Stegodyphus africanus spiders (Araneae, Eresidae)25
Sex ratio effects on reproductive success of male and female Daphnia24
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Genotype specific and microbiome effects of hypoxia in the model organism Daphnia magna22
Trade‐offs in defence to pathogen species revealed in expanding nematode populations21
Bait‐ER: A Bayesian method to detect targets of selection in Evolve‐and‐Resequence experiments21
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Evolution of immune function in response to dietary macronutrients in male and female decorated crickets20
New insights into Xenopus sex chromosome genomics from the Marsabit clawed frog X. borealis19
A novel cricket morph has diverged in song and wing morphology across island populations19
Selection on sperm size in response to promiscuity and variation in female sperm storage organs18
Moderate evidence for heritability in the duet contributions of a South American primate17
Parasite‐induced shifts in host movement may explain the transient coexistence of high‐ and low‐pathogenic disease strains17
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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 16
Size-dependent colouration balances conspicuous aposematism and camouflage14
Subfunctionalisation of paralogous genes and evolution of differential codon usage preferences: The showcase of polypyrimidine tract binding proteins14
Evolutionary divergence in phenotypic plasticity shapes brain size variation between coexisting sunfish ecotypes14
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Axes of multivariate sexual signal divergence among incipient species: Concordance with selection, genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity14
Assessing co-diversification in host-associated microbiomes13
Heightened among‐individual variation in life history but not morphology is related to developmental temperature in reptiles13
Correlated evolution of larval development, egg size and genome size across two genera of snapping shrimp13
The potential for the evolution of thermally sensitive courtship behaviours in the treehopper, Enchenopa binotata13
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Ontogenetic change in effectiveness of chemical defence against different predators in Oxycarenus true bugs13
Ghost introgression in ricefishes of the genus Adrianichthys in an ancient Wallacean lake12
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Assessment of phylogenetic approaches to study the timing of recombination cessation on sex chromosomes12
Soft selection reduces loss of heterozygosity in asexual reproduction12
Epigenetics and reproductive isolation: a commentary on Westram et al., 202212
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Interpopulation variation in inbreeding is primarily driven by tolerance of mating with relatives in a spermcasting invertebrate11
Pre‐ and post‐association barriers to host switching in sympatric mutualists11
Environment dependence of the expression of mutational load and species’ range limits11
Age-specific survival of territorial and non-territorial male chamois11
Selection on dispersal drives evolution of metabolic capacities for energy production in female wing‐polymorphic sand field crickets, Gryllus firmus11
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Evolution of thermal performance curves: A meta‐analysis of selection experiments11
Phenotypic variation and genomic variation in insect virulence traits reveal patterns of intraspecific diversity in a locust-specific fungal pathogen11
Does sexual conflict contribute to the evolution of novel warning patterns?11
Bet-hedging via dispersal aids the evolution of plastic responses to unreliable cues11
Environmental variance in male mating success modulates the positive versus negative impacts of sexual selection on genetic load10
Ecology and the evolution of sex chromosomes10
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?10
Effect of population size and selection on Toll‐like receptor diversity in populations of Galápagos mockingbirds10
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Genetic and social contributions to sex differences in lifespan in Drosophila serrata10
No genomic repercussions of assortative pairing in a colour polymorphic lizard10
Colour pattern variation forms local background matching camouflage in a leaf‐mimicking toad10
Investigating signal modalities of aposematism in a poison frog10
How plants conquered land: evolution of terrestrial adaptation10
Implications of nitrogen translocation efficiency for hypotheses on the evolution of autumn colours—10
Purifying selection against spurious splicing signals contributes to the base composition evolution of the polypyrimidine tract10
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Evolution of sex allocation plasticity in a hermaphroditic flatworm genus9
How chromosomal inversions reorient the evolutionary process9
Does the definition of a novel environment affect the ability to detect cryptic genetic variation?9
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Signal detection shapes ornament allometry in functionally convergent Caribbean Anolis and Southeast Asian Draco lizards9
Consequences of adaptation to larval crowding on sexual and fecundity selection in Drosophila melanogaster9
Sequencing of laser captured Z and W chromosomes of the tocantins paradoxical frog (Pseudis tocantins) provides insights on repeatome and chromosomal homology9
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
Lack of alignment across yeast‐dependent life‐history traits may limit Drosophila melanogaster dietary specialization9
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)9
Environmental and genealogical effects on DNA methylation in a widespread apomictic dandelion lineage9
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Recent expansion of the non‐recombining sex‐linked region on Silene latifolia sex chromosomes8
Correlated evolution between orb weaver glue droplets and supporting fibres maintains their distinct biomechanical roles in adhesion8
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
Males and females contribute differently to the evolution of habitat segregation driven by hybridization8
Evolution of antagonistic and mutualistic traits in the yucca‐yucca moth obligate pollination mutualism8
The effect of migration and variation on populations of Escherichia coli adapting to complex fluctuating environments8
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Female reproductive fluid concentrations affect sperm performance of alternative male phenotypes in an external fertilizer8
Predator response to the coloured eyespots and defensive posture of Colombian four-eyed frogs8
Is drift ‘directional’? Unequal breeding sex ratio revisited8
Reproductive isolating mechanisms contributing to asymmetric hybridization in Killifishes (Fundulus spp.)8
Why do Hymenopteran workers drift to non-natal groups? Generalized reciprocity and the maximization of group and parental success8
Cytoplasmic incompatibility in hybrid zones: infection dynamics and resistance evolution8
The influence of divergent reproductive strategies in shaping modularity and morphological evolution in mammalian jaws8
Seasonal stability and species specificity of environmentally acquired chemical mating signals in orchid bees8
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Sex-specific trait architecture in a spider with sexual size dimorphism7
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Truly ubiquitous CRESS DNA viruses scattered across the eukaryotic tree of life7
Genetic and ecomorphological divergence between sympatricAstyanaxmorphs from Central America7
Comparison of methodological approaches to the study of young sex chromosomes: A case study in Poecilia7
Sensory plasticity in a socially plastic bee7
Radiation‐mediated supply of genetic variation outweighs the effects of selection and drift in Chernobyl Daphnia populations7
Trade‐off between pre and post‐copulatory traits depends on locomotor activity in male Tribolium castaneum beetles7
Cryptic community structure and metabolic interactions among the heritable facultative symbionts of the pea aphid7
Environmental effects rather than relatedness determine gut microbiome similarity in a social mammal7
The social role of defective viral genomes in chronic viral infections: a commentary on Leeks et al. 20237
Selfish migrants: How a meiotic driver is selected to increase dispersal7
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100 years of Haldane's rule7
Hunger for sex: Abundant, heterogeneous resources select for sexual reproduction in the field7
Rare morph Lake Malawi mbuna cichlids benefit from reduced aggression from con‐ and hetero‐specifics6
Hoisted with his own petard: How sex‐ratio meiotic drive in Drosophila affinis creates resistance alleles that limit its spread6
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Rapid hyperthyroidism-induced adaptation of salmonid fish in response to environmental pollution6
Ecology, sexual dimorphism, and jumping evolution in anurans6
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
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Experimental sexual selection affects the evolution of physiological and life‐history traits6
Sexual signal evolution and patterns of assortative mating across an intraspecific contact zone6
The evolution of flower longevity in unpredictable pollination environments6
Evolution of territoriality in Hylinae treefrogs: Ecological and morphological correlates and lineage diversification6
Candidate gene polymorphisms are linked to dispersive and migratory behaviour: Searching for a mechanism behind the “paradox of the great speciators”6
Reproductive trade‐offs and phenotypic selection change with body condition, but not with predation regime, across island lizard populations6
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Male size does not affect the strength of male mate choice for high-quality females in Drosophila melanogaster6
Long‐term persistence of exaggerated ornaments under Fisherian runaway despite costly mate search6
Allometry, sexual selection and evolutionary lines of least resistance shaped the evolution of exaggerated sexual traits within the genusTyrannus6
Causes and consequences of variation in development time in a field cricket6
Evidence of prezygotic isolation, but not assortative mating, between locally adapted populations ofFundulus heteroclitusacross a salinity gradient6
Hybrid incompatibility between Drosophila virilis and D. lummei is stronger in the presence of transposable elements6
A variance partitioning perspective of assortative mating: Proximate mechanisms and evolutionary implications6
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Relaxed selection on male mitochondrial genes in DUI bivalves eases the need for mitonuclear coevolution5
Sexual selection drives the coevolution of male and female reproductive traits in Peromyscus mice5
X chromosomes show relaxed selection and complete somatic dosage compensation across Timema stick insect species5
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The adaptive role of melanin plasticity in thermally variable environments5
Open questions in the social lives of viruses5
A holocenic and dynamic hybrid zone between two cactophilicDrosophilaspecies in a coastal lowland plain of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest5
Evolution of physical linkage between loci controlling ecological traits and mating preferences5
Reproductive isolation via divergent genital morphology due to cascade reinforcement inOhomopterusground beetles5
Adaptive phenotypic and genomic divergence in the common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) following niche expansion within a small oceanic island5
Sex chromosome evolution: The remarkable diversity in the evolutionary rates and mechanisms5
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Understanding the evolution of immune genes in jawed vertebrates5
phylosem: A fast and simple R package for phylogenetic inference and trait imputation using phylogenetic structural equation models5
Identification of a cis‐sex chromosome transition in banded geckos (Coleonyx, Eublepharidae, Gekkota)5
Simultaneous evolution of host resistance and tolerance to parasitism5
Evolutionary rescue under demographic and environmental stochasticity5
Responses to artificial selection for locomotor activity: A focus on death feigning in red flour beetle5
Comparative transcriptome analysis at the onset of speciation in a mimetic butterfly—The Ithomiini Melinaea marsaeus5
Sex and morph differences in age‐dependent trait changes in a polymorphic songbird5
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The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences4
The effect of mutational robustness on the evolvability of multicellular organisms and eukaryotic cells4
Experimental test of the influence of light availability on the evolution of eye size and behaviour in Daphnia4
Molecular evolution and convergence of the rhodopsin gene in Gymnogobius, a goby group having diverged into coastal to freshwater habitats4
Beyond classical theories: An integrative mathematical model of mating dynamics and parental care4
Implementing code review in the scientific workflow: Insights from ecology and evolutionary biology4
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Forty‐two, and other precise answers to difficult questions: a commentary on Westram et al., 20224
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The maintenance of genetic diversity under host–parasite coevolution in finite, structured populations4
The tarnished silver spoon? Trade‐off between prenatal growth and telomere length in wild boar4
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A socially polymorphicFormicaant species exhibits a novel distribution of social supergene genotypes4
Strong genotype‐by‐genotype interactions between aphid‐defensive symbionts and parasitoids persist across different biotic environments4
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Mitonuclear discordance and patterns of reproductive isolation in a complex of simultaneously hermaphroditic species, the Allolobophora chlorotica case study4
The role of migration in mutant dynamics in fragmented populations4
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Multiple infection theory rather than ‘socio-virology’? A commentary on Leeks et al. 20234
Coevolutionary theory of hosts and parasites4
Mutation accumulation in inbreeding populations under evolution of the selfing rate4
Age trajectories in extra-pair siring success suggest an effect of maturation or early-life experience4
Extra‐pair paternity and sexual dimorphism in birds4
Evolution of reproductive modes in sharks and rays4
Cryptic female choice within individual males – A neglected component of the postmating sexual selection?4
Static allometries do not reflect evolutionary allometry in exaggerated weaponry of male New Zealand sheetweb spiders (Cambridgea spp.)4
Onset and stepwise extensions of recombination suppression are common in mating‐type chromosomes of Microbotryum anther‐smut fungi4
Divergent selection on behavioural and chemical traits between reproductively isolated populations of Drosophila melanogaster4
Phylogenetic conservation of behavioural variation and behavioural syndromes4
Dewlap colour variation in Anolis sagrei is maintained among habitats within islands of the West Indies4
The social lives of viruses and other mobile genetic elements: a commentary on Leeks et al. 20234
Patterns of bird song evolution on islands support the character release hypothesis in tropical but not in temperate latitudes4
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