Ian Dworkin

TL;DR: It is argued that cryptic genetic variation is pervasive but under-appreciated, recent progress in determining the nature and identity of genes that underlie cryptic genetic effects is highlighted, and future research directions are outlined.

TL;DR: Three distinct ways by which developmental plasticity can promote evolutionary innovation are examined, showing how the process of genetic accommodation provides a feasible and possibly common avenue by which environmentally induced phenotypes can become subject to heritable modification.

TL;DR: A general mechanistic model for the evolution of exaggerated traits is presented, proposing that sensitivity to the insulin response pathway can explain variation among individuals and illustrating how enhanced sensitivity to insulin/IGF signaling in a growing ornament or weapon would cause heightened condition sensitivity and increased variability in expression among individuals.

TL;DR: It is asserted that a broad understanding of genetic effects and the evolutionary dynamics of alleles requires identifying how mutational outcomes depend upon the 'wild type' genetic background and how best to exploit genetic background effects to broaden genetic research programs.

TL;DR: This study sequenced the genome of wild radish, a Brassicaceae species that experienced a whole-genome triplication event prior to diverging from Brassica rapa, and established a statistical learning model for predicting whether a duplicate would be retained postpolyploidization.