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An evolutionary biologist who investigated genetic control of butterfly wing patterns, linking Optix to repeated changes in mimetic colour patterns.[ref]
optix Drives the Repeated Convergent Evolution of Butterfly Wing Pattern Mimicry by Robert D. Reed and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An evolutionary biologist who investigated disease resistance in honeybee colonies bred for hygienic behaviour, combining brood assays with pathogen challenge.[ref]
Resistance to American foulbrood disease by honey bee colonies Apis mellifera bred for hygienic behavior by Marla Spivak and Gary S. Reuter. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An evolutionary biologist who tested whether infected monarch mothers change oviposition choices in ways associated with reduced parasite growth in offspring.[ref]
Evidence for trans-generational medication in nature by Thierry Lefèvre and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An evolutionary biologist who investigated centromere drive in monkeyflowers, testing how a transmission advantage can coexist with a fertility cost.[ref]
Centromere-associated female meiotic drive entails male fitness costs in monkeyflowers by Lila Fishman and Arpiar Saunders. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An evolutionary biologist who coauthored work on centromere-associated meiotic drive in monkeyflowers, comparing female transmission advantage with male fertility costs.[ref]
Centromere-associated female meiotic drive entails male fitness costs in monkeyflowers by Lila Fishman and Arpiar Saunders. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An evolutionary biologist who investigated parent-of-origin effects of disrupting the mouse insulin-like growth factor II gene, connecting genomic imprinting to offspring growth.[ref]
Parental imprinting of the mouse insulin-like growth factor II gene by Thomas M. DeChiara and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An evolutionary biologist who developed a conflict-based interpretation of genomic imprinting, asking why maternally and paternally inherited variants can favour different growth outcomes.[ref]
Genomic imprinting and the strange case of the insulin-like growth factor II receptor by David Haig and C. Graham. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An evolutionary biologist who coauthored an interpretation of genomic imprinting through conflict over growth regulation; the primary publication credits the author with these initials.[ref]
The Electrical Double Layer and the Theory of Electrocapillarity by David C. Grahame. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An evolutionary biologist who investigated microorganisms associated with chromosome destruction and reproductive isolation in insects.[ref]
Microorganisms associated with chromosome destruction and reproductive isolation between two insect species by Johannes A. J. Breeuwer and John H. Werren. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An evolutionary biologist who studied microbial contributions to cytoplasmic incompatibility, using reciprocal insect crosses and microbial manipulation.[ref]
Microorganisms associated with chromosome destruction and reproductive isolation between two insect species by Johannes A. J. Breeuwer and John H. Werren. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Barbara McClintock (1902–1992) investigated inherited variation in maize, combining chromosome observations with the transmission of visible traits. Her work identified mobile controlling elements, now understood as transposable elements, showing that genetic regulation need not be represented by permanently fixed gene positions.[ref]
The origin and behavior of mutable loci in maize by Barbara McClintock. 1950, pp. 344–355
Coloured and uncoloured sectors in maize tissues provided an observable record of changes occurring during biological development. Connecting those patterns to genetic and cytological evidence made movement and regulation experimentally testable. She received the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of mobile genetic elements.[ref]
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1983/summary/. Official award record
An evolutionary biologist who tested the effects of relatedness and the scale of competition on cooperative siderophore production in bacteria.[ref]
Cooperation and competition in pathogenic bacteria by Ashleigh S. Griffin and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
An ecologist who studied coordinated variation in leaf structure and function, contributing to the leaf economics spectrum.[ref]
The worldwide leaf economics spectrum by Ian J. Wright and others. Authorship and research contribution
An ecologist who investigated the relationship between plant functional traits and the growth-survival trade-off in tropical trees.[ref]
Functional traits and the growth-mortality trade-off in tropical trees by S. Joseph Wright and others. Authorship and research contribution
An ecologist who studied global patterns of plant functional traits, connecting structural differences to functional strategies.[ref]
The global spectrum of plant form and function by Sandra Díaz and others. Authorship and research contribution
An ecologist who investigated how biodiversity changes ecosystem function, including a quantitative partition into selection and complementarity components.[ref]
Partitioning selection and complementarity in biodiversity experiments by Michel Loreau and Andy Hector. Authorship and research contribution
An ecologist who coauthored a method for separating Selection effect in biodiversity experiments from complementarity effects.[ref]
Partitioning selection and complementarity in biodiversity experiments by Michel Loreau and Andy Hector. Authorship and research contribution
An ecologist who investigated the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem stability through long-term grassland experiments.[ref]
Biodiversity and ecosystem stability in a decade-long grassland experiment by David Tilman and others. Authorship and research contribution
An ecologist who investigated carbon storage and net uptake in the world’s forests, combining observations across forest systems.[ref]
A large and persistent carbon sink in the world's forests by Yude Pan and others. Authorship and research contribution
An ecologist who studied how limited nitrogen availability constrains the response of forest productivity to increased carbon dioxide.[ref]
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