Journal of Evolutionary Biology

The journal of the
European Society for Evolutionary Biology

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Editor’s Choice – Volume 22, Issues 9-10

• How is sexual conflict over parental care resolved? A meta-analysis
  F. Harrison, Z. Barta, I. Cuthill, T. Székely
• Indirect effects of FRIGIDA: floral trait (co)variances are altered by seasonally variable abiotic factors associated with flowering time 
  M. T. Brock, j. R. Stinchcombe, C. Weinig
• How effective is recognition of siblings on the basis of genotype?
  S. Paterson, J. L. Hurst
• Influence of genetic architecture on contemporary local evolution in the soapberry bug, Jadera haematoloma: artificial selection on beak length 
  H. Dingle, S. P. Carroll, T. R. Famula
• A genetic background with low mutational robustness is associated with increased adaptability to a novel host in an RNA virus 
  J. M. Cuevas, A. Moya, R. Sanjuán
• The maintenance of sex: host–parasite coevolution with density-dependent virulence 
  C. M. Lively

Aims and scope

Journal of Evolutionary Biology is a peer-reviewed, international journal that covers both micro- and macro-evolution of all organisms. The Journal integrates perspectives across molecular and microbial evolution, behaviour, genetics, ecology, life histories, development, palaeontology, systematics and morphology and gives preference to papers that bring together two or more fields.

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