Types of plasticity most likely to be adaptive in novel environments are also more likely to come with costs. Really enjoyed writing this review with Megan Kobiela PhD @ShephardAM and Kristin Sikkink annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.11…

Now officially early online at G3: Environmental and evolutionary drivers of the modular gene regulatory network underlying phenotypic plasticity for stress resistance in the nematode Caenorhabditis remanei. g3journal.org/content/early/…

Increased nitrogen availability in an agricultural enviro has led to evolutionary increases in N-based wing ornamentation & lower dependence of females on N-rich spermatophores. Excited this work w/ Anne Espeset Megan Kobiela PhD Kristin Sikkink is finally out! academic.oup.com/beheco/advance…

In our recent AmNat paper, we find that standing variation in generalized stress responses (e.g., oxidative stress response) may explain tolerance of entirely novel toxins, facilitating host shifts and survival in new environments. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/70…

Sodium & zinc content of roadside milkweed ⬆️w/ traffic & ⬇️w/ distance from road. Even see ⬆️Na of monarchs on high Na plants! But most roadside milkweed (in MN) is likely < monarch lethal levels. New work w/ Mitchell Elizabeth Borer Kristin Sikkink Oberhauser et al authors.elsevier.com/a/1aun5B8ccoBx4

Genomic adaptation to agricultural environments-cabbage white butterflies as a case study Kristin Sikkink Emilie Snell-Rood rdcu.be/s2A6

New preprint: Environmental and evolutionary drivers of the modular gene regulatory network underlying phenotypic plasticity for stress resistance in the nematode Caenorhabditis remanei Kristin Sikkink William Cresko Rose M. Reynolds biorxiv.org/content/early/…