Editor's Choice

22 November 2020
21 November 2023

The Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Evolutionary Biology selects one paper from each issue for its outstanding scientific quality, novelty, innovative approach, important conclusions or its broader research interest. The papers chosen for Editor's Choice to date are listed below.

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2018

Free Access

Macroecological patterns of sexual size dimorphism in turtles of the world

M. Agha,  J. R. Ennen,  A. J. Nowakowski,  J. E. Lovich,  S. C. Sweat,  B. D. Todd, 
Free Access

Bigger testes increase paternity in a simultaneous hermaphrodite, independently of the sperm competition level

N. Vellnow,  L. Marie-Orleach,  K. S. Zadesenets,  L. Schärer, 
Free Access

Seasonal shifts along the oviparity–viviparity continuum in a cold-climate lizard population

R. Shine,  E. Wapstra,  M. Olsson, 

2017

Free Access

Breeding biology and the evolution of dynamic sexual dichromatism in frogs

R. C. Bell,  G. N. Webster,  M. J. Whiting, 
Free Access

Females drive asymmetrical introgression from rare to common species in Darwin's tree finches

K. J. Peters,  S. A. Myers,  R. Y. Dudaniec,  J. A. O'Connor,  S. Kleindorfer, 
Free Access

Beyond topology: coevolution of structure and flux in metabolic networks

E. S. Morrison,  A. V. Badyaev, 
Free Access

Epigenetics in natural animal populations

J. Hu,  R. D. H. Barrett, 
Free Access

Interpreting the genomic landscape of speciation: a road map for finding barriers to gene flow

M. Ravinet,  R. Faria,  R. K. Butlin,  J. Galindo,  N. Bierne,  M. Rafajlović,  M. A. F. Noor,  B. Mehlig,  A. M. Westram, 
Open Access

Variation in the post-mating fitness landscape in fruit flies

C. Fricke,  T. Chapman, 
Free Access

Effects of ovarian fluid and genetic differences on sperm performance and fertilization success of alternative reproductive tactics in Chinook salmon

S. J. Lehnert,  I. A. E. Butts,  E. W. Flannery,  K. M. Peters,  D. D. Heath,  T. E. Pitcher, 
Free Access

Reproductive suppression follows threats to child survival

K. B. Saxton,  A. Gemmill,  R. A. Catalano, 
Free Access

Transgenerational effects alter plant defence and resistance in nature

J. Colicchio, 
Free Access

Rapid differentiation and asynchronous coevolution of male and female genitalia in stink bugs

B. C. Genevcius,  D. S. Caetano,  C. F. Schwertner, 
Free Access

Artificial selection on ant female caste ratio uncovers a link between female-biased sex ratios and infection by Wolbachia endosymbionts

L. Pontieri,  A. M. Schmidt,  R. Singh,  J. S. Pedersen,  T. A. Linksvayer, 
Free Access

Local population density and group composition influence the signal-preference relationship in Enchenopa treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae)

K. D. Fowler-Finn,  D. C. Cruz,  R. L. Rodríguez, 

2016

Free Access

The total opportunity for sexual selection and the integration of pre- and post-mating episodes of sexual selection in a complex world

J. P. Evans,  F. Garcia-Gonzalez, 
Free Access

A test of Darwin's ‘lop-eared’ rabbit hypothesis

G. A. Cordero,  C. M. Berns, 
Free Access

Meta-analysis of magnitudes, differences and variation in evolutionary parameters

M. B. Morrissey, 
Free Access

Reinforcement and a cline in mating behaviour evolve in response to secondary contact and hybridization in shield-back katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

J. A. Cole, 
Open Access

Ecological speciation in sympatric palms: 1. Gene expression, selection and pleiotropy

L. T. Dunning,  H. Hipperson,  W. J. Baker,  R. K. Butlin,  C. Devaux,  I. Hutton,  J. Igea,  A. S. T. Papadopulos,  X. Quan,  C. M. Smadja,  C. G. N. Turnbull,  V. Savolainen,