Animals display incredibly diverse color patterns yet little is known about the underlying
genetic basis of these phenotypes. However, emerging results are reshaping our view of …

In Drosophila, as well as in many other plants and animals, pigmentation is highly variable
both within and between species. This variability, combined with powerful genetic and …

To identify the ecological and genetic mechanisms of local adaptation requires estimating
selection on traits, identifying their genetic basis, and evaluating whether divergence in …

Altitudinal gradients offer valuable study systems to investigate how adaptive genetic
diversity is distributed within and between natural populations and which factors promote or …

Background Pigmentation has a long history of investigation in evolutionary biology. In
Drosophila melanogaster, latitudinal and altitudinal clines have been found but their …

Climate change globally perturbs water circulation thereby influencing ecosystems including
cultivated land. Both harmful and beneficial species of insects are likely to be vulnerable to …

Temperate insect species often enter diapause in preparation for overwintering. One such
species is the invasive vinegar fly, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), which has seasonal …

Most models exploring the effects of climate change on mosquito‐borne disease ignore
thermal adaptation. However, if local adaptation leads to changes in mosquito thermal …

Clines in life history traits, presumably driven by spatially varying selection, are widespread.
Major latitudinal clines have been observed, for example, in Drosophila melanogaster, an …

Widespread pigmentation diversity coupled with a well‐defined genetic system of melanin
synthesis and patterning in Drosophila provides an excellent opportunity to study …