The zebrafish Danio rerio, is an important model organism in developmental genetics,
neurophysiology and biomedicine, but little is known about its natural ecology and …

Dispersal is a process of central importance for the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of
populations and communities, because of its diverse consequences for gene flow and …

This review examines the contribution of research on fishes to the growing field of
behavioural syndromes. Current knowledge of behavioural syndromes in fishes is reviewed …

The past two decades have seen extensive growth of sexual selection research. Theoretical
and empirical work has clarified many components of pre-and postcopulatory sexual …

We test the possibility that political attitudes and behaviors are the result of both
environmental and genetic factors. Employing standard methodological approaches in …

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has become a paradigm for how selection can
act to maintain adaptively important genetic diversity in natural populations. Here, we review …

Publisher Summary This chapter updates former reviews on locust polyphenism and also
discusses recent findings. Over 200 articles were published in scientific journals on various …

Chemosensory speciation is characterized by the evolution of barriers to genetic exchange
that involve chemosensory systems and chemical signals. Here, we review some …

The decision to vote has puzzled scholars for decades. Theoretical models predict little or no
variation in participation in large population elections and empirical models have typically …

The deer mouse (genus Peromyscus) is the most abundant mammal in North America, and it
occupies almost every type of terrestrial habitat. It is not surprising therefore that the natural …