T. Uller

Reproductive and ecological adaptations to climate underpin the evolution of sociality in lizards

The paper investigates the role of climate and habitat in the evolution of social grouping in lizards, finding that sociality is linked to cool, dry climates through indirect ecological adaptations.

Using developmental dynamics for evolutionary prediction and control

This paper develops a framework to predict and control phenotypic outcomes of genetic and environmental perturbations using developmental dynamics.

How do fluctuating temperatures alter the cost of development?

This study examines how fluctuating temperatures affect the cost of development in common wall lizards, finding that higher temperature variance increases energy expenditure and reduces residual yolk reserves.

Population divergence in maternal investment and embryo energy use and allocation reveals adaptive responses to cool climates

This study examines how wall lizards adapt to cool climates by analyzing maternal investment and embryo energy use and allocation across altitudinal regions.

Environmentally-induced DNA methylation is inherited across generations in an aquatic keystone species (Daphnia magna)

This study shows environmentally-induced DNA methylation persists across four generations in Daphnia magna, suggesting epigenetic inheritance contributes to eco-evolutionary dynamics.

Population genomics of wall lizards reflects the dynamic history of the Mediterranean Basin

This study uses population genomic analyses to trace the evolutionary history of wall lizards in the Mediterranean Basin, revealing multiple lineages shaped by geological and climatic events.

Maternal behavioural thermoregulation facilitated evolutionary transitions from egg laying to live birth

The paper shows maternal thermoregulation in egg-laying lizards and snakes helps resolve thermal mismatches between mothers and embryos, likely facilitating transitions to live birth.

Developmental models reveal the role of phenotypic plasticity in explaining genetic evolvability

The paper uses developmental models to show that phenotypic plasticity and genetic evolvability co-evolve, with plasticity providing faster adaptive gains.

Regulatory changes in pterin and carotenoid genes underlie balanced color polymorphisms in the wall lizard

The paper identifies regulatory changes in pterin and carotenoid genes that underlie color polymorphisms in wall lizards, showing that these loci have pleiotropic effects on physiology.

How adaptive plasticity evolves when selected against

This study shows adaptive plasticity can evolve in coarse-grained environments as a by-product of inefficient short-term selection, not through lineage or individual selection.