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In the era of the Evolutionary Synthesis, genetic recombination or mutation were assumed to create the raw material for evolution by natural selection. More recently, however, the genetic versus environmental basis of new selectable traits, and how genotype × environment interactions affect evolutionary trajectories, has risen to the forefront of evolutionary biology. Phenotypic plasticity [PP] is ...

"Partial migration, where only part of a population migrates, is widespread in the animal kingdom. Despite this, we know very little about the causes and consequences of partial migration, at least partly due to the logistical difficulties in collecting robust data in many species. I propose a project that takes advantage of an established and highly productive study system to answer fundamental q ...