A. Fraimout

Wing shape evolution is not constrained by ancestral genetic covariances in the invasive Drosophila suzukii

This study examines genetic covariance matrix stability in Drosophila suzukii during invasion, finding moderate genetic differentiation and low genetic constraint on wing shape evolution.

Divergent evolution of head morphology between marine and freshwater sticklebacks

The paper shows genetically based adaptive differentiation in head size and shape between freshwater and marine sticklebacks, driven by limnetic feeding selection, but gill-raker traits show less conclusive genetic divergence.

Heterogeneous genomic architecture of skeletal armour traits in sticklebacks

This study compares the genetic architecture of skeletal armor traits in two stickleback species, finding more polygenic and heterogeneous variation in nine-spined sticklebacks.

Low heritability of crossover rate in wild sticklebacks

This study examines crossover rate variation in wild sticklebacks, finding low heritability and additive genetic variance, suggesting limited evolvability.

Inbreeding depression in an outbred nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) population

The paper documents inbreeding depression in an outbred nine-spined stickleback population, showing a significant decrease in offspring survival with increasing parental IBD sharing and an average inbreeding load of 15.896.

Relaxed risk of predation drives parallel evolution of stickleback behaviour

This study shows that reduced predation pressure in freshwater ponds drives parallel evolution of complex behaviors in sticklebacks by aligning evolutionary divergence with phenotypic plasticity responses.

Age-dependent genetic architecture underlines similar heritability of body size in sticklebacks

The paper shows that body size heritability remains constant in sticklebacks across ontogeny, but different genetic loci contribute to this heritability at different developmental stages.

Dissecting the genetic architecture of quantitative traits using genome-wide identity-by-descent sharing

This study estimates quantitative genetic parameters in sticklebacks using IBD sharing, finding that low relatedness variance impairs estimation but half-sib designs allow accurate heritability and additive variance assessment.

A whole-genome scan for association with invasion success in the fruit fly Drosophila suzukii using contrasts of allele frequencies corrected for population structure

The paper identifies genetic variants associated with invasion success in Drosophila suzukii using a new statistical method to correct for population structure.

Drosophila suzukii wing spot size is robust to developmental temperature

This study examines the phenotypic plasticity of wing spot size in Drosophila suzukii across different developmental temperatures and populations, finding no difference in plasticity between native and invasive populations but detecting stability in the spot-to-wing ratio.