Environments are changing rapidly, and to cope with these changes, organisms have to
adapt. Adaptation can take many shapes and occur at different speeds, depending on the …

Arabidopsis thaliana is the most prominent model system in plant molecular biology and
genetics. Although its ecology was initially neglected, collections of various genotypes …

Main conclusion Higher acclimated freezing tolerance improved winter survival, but reduced
reproductive fitness of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions under field and controlled …

Though seemingly bizarre, the dramatic morphological and ecological transformation that
occurs when immature life stages metamorphose into reproductive adults is one of the most …

The selective impact of pathogen epidemics on host defenses can be strong but remains
transient. By contrast, life-history shifts can durably and continuously modify the balance …

Phenology and the timing of development are often under selection, but at the same time
influence selection on other traits by controlling how traits are expressed across seasons …

Photoperiod and sucrose (Suc) assimilation play important roles in the regulation of plant
growth and development. However, it remains unclear how natural variation of plants could …

Complex life cycles—especially those with distinct larval and adult stages separated by a
complete metamorphic event—are common in animals. The adaptive decoupling hypothesis …

Arabidopsis has become a model plant for ecological and population genomics, owing to
the substantial phenotypic and genotypic variation that exists among and within natural …

Evolution acts at the level of populations. From differences in allele frequencies or trait
frequencies among populations, we can make inferences about the forces that are most …