The processes that generate biodiversity start on a microevolutionary scale, where each individual's history can impact the species' history. This manuscript presents a theoretical study that examines ...

Major theories compete to explain the macroevolutionary trends observed in sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in animals. Quantitative genetic theory suggests that the sex under historically stronger ...

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Understanding the relationship between macro- and microevolutionary processes and their delimitation remains a challenge. This review focuses on the role of chromosomal rearrangements in plant ...

We thank L. Burckle, D. Harwood, and C. Spencer-Cervato for guidance on the initiation of this project and D. Vaulot, J. Reinfelder, E. Laws, P. Morin, J. Payne, J ...

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