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W. B. Watt

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Article

Evidence for a single, ancient origin of a genus-wide alternative life history strategy

2023Science Advances
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Specific-gene studies of evolutionary mechanisms in an age of genome-wide surveying

2013Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesDOI: 10.1111/nyas.12139Cited 13 times
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A genetic polymorphism evolving in parallel in two cell compartments and in two clades

2013BMC Evolutionary BiologyDOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-9Cited 8 times
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A mitochondrial-DNA-based phylogeny for some evolutionary-genetic model species of <i>Colias</i> butterfly (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2008Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
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The green-veined white (Pieris napi L.), its Pierine relatives, and the systematics of divergent character sets (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2006Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyDOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00630.xCited 46 times
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From DNA to fitness differences: sequences and structures of adaptive variants of Colias Phosphoglucose Isomerase (PGI)

2006Molecular Biology and Evolution
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A reconnaissance of population genetic variation in artic and subarctic sulfur butterflies (Colias spp.; Lepidopetera, Pieridae)

2005Canadian Journal of Zoology
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Adaptation at specific loci. VII. Natural selection, dispersal and the diversity of molecular-functional variation patterns among butterfly species complexes (<i>Colias</i>: Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2003Molecular EcologyDOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2003.01804.xCited 79 times
Book

Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight

2003
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The evolution of population biology

2003
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Butterflies: ecology and evolution taking flight

2003
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Avoiding paradigm-based limits to knowledge of evolution

2000Evolutionary BiologyDOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4135-6_4Cited 26 times
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Molecular-functional studies of adaptive genetic variation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

2000Annual Review of GeneticsDOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.34.1.593Cited 113 times
Article

Adaptation at specific loci. VI. Divergence vs parallelism of polymorphic allozymes in molecular function and fitness-component effects among Colias species (Lepidoptera:Pieridae)

1996Molecular Biology and Evolution
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Allozymes in evolutionary genetics: self-imposed burden or extraordinary tool?

1994GeneticsDOI: 10.1093/genetics/136.1.11Cited 73 times
Article

Eggs, enzymes, and evolution - natural genetic variants change insect fecundity

1992Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesDOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.22.10608Cited 125 times
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On the appropriateness of performance measures for studying the evolution of metabolism

1992Functional Ecology
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Genes in Ecology

1992
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Biochemistry, physiological ecology, and population genetics -- the mechanistic tools of evolutionary biology

1991Functional Ecology
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Testing the 'mimicry' explanation for the Colias 'alba' polymorphism: platability of Colias and other butterflies to wild bird predators

1989Functional EcologyDOI: 10.2307/2389299Cited 16 times
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Testing the "mimicry" explanation for the <i>Colias</i> "alba" polymorphism: patterns of co-occurrence of <i>Colias</i> and Pierine butterflies

1989Functional EcologyDOI: 10.2307/2389300Cited 11 times
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Adaptation at specific loci. V. Metabolically adjacent enzyme loci may have very distinct experiences of selective pressures

1988GeneticsDOI: 10.1093/genetics/119.4.913Cited 57 times
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Allelic isozymes as probes of the evolution of metabolic organization

1987Isozymes
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Thermal physiological ecology of Colias butterflies in flight

1986OecologiaDOI: 10.1007/bf00377616Cited 63 times
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Females' choice of "good genotypes" as mates is promoted by an insect mating system

1986ScienceDOI: 10.1126/science.3738528Cited 140 times
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Allelic isozymes and the mechanistic study of evolution

1985Isozymes: Current Topics in Biological and Medical Research
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Bioenergetics and evolutionary genetics: opportunities for new synthesis

1985American NaturalistDOI: 10.1086/284331Cited 121 times
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Adaptations at specific loci. IV. Differential mating success among glycolytic allozyme genotypes of Colias butterflies

1985GeneticsDOI: 10.1093/genetics/109.1.157Cited 109 times
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Mechanistic constraints and optimality models: thermoregulatory strategies in Colias butterflies

1984EcologyDOI: 10.2307/1937780Cited 58 times
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Thermoregulatory strategies in Colias butterflies: thermal stress and the limits to adaptation in temporally varying environments

1983American NaturalistDOI: 10.1086/284038Cited 213 times
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Adaptation at specific loci. II. Demographic and biochemical elements in the maintenance of the Colias PGI polymorphism

1983GeneticsDOI: 10.1093/genetics/103.4.691Cited 202 times
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Adaptation at specific loci. III. Field behavior and survivorship differences among Colias PGI genotypes are predictable from in vitro biochemistry

1983Genetics
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Population structure of pierid butterflies. IV. Genetic and physiological investment in offspring by male Colias

1981OecologiaDOI: 10.1007/bf00344970Cited 157 times
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Metabolic resource allocation vs. mating attractions: adaptive pressure on the "alba" polymorphism of Colias butterflies

1980Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Population structure of pierid butterflies. II. A "native" population of <i>Colias philodice eriphyle</i> in Colorado

1979Oecologia
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Adaptation at specific loci. I. Natural selection on phosphoglucose isomerase of Colias butterflies: biochemical and population aspects

1977GeneticsDOI: 10.1093/genetics/87.1.177Cited 234 times
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Population structure of pierid butterflies. I. Numbers and movements of some montane <i>Colias</i> species

1977Oecologia
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Naturally occurring variation in larval color of Colias butterflies: isolation from two Colorado populations

1974EvolutionDOI: 10.2307/2407334Cited 2 times
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Nectar resource use by <i>Colias</i> butterflies: chemical and visual aspects

1974Oecologia
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The thermal ecology of some Colias butterfly larvae

1973Journal of Comparative Physiology
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Adaptive significance of pigment polymorphism in Colias butterflies. III. Progress in study of the "alba" variant

1973EvolutionDOI: 10.2307/2407188Cited 17 times
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Adaptive significance of pigment polymorphism in Colias butterflies. II. Thermoregulation and photoperiodically controlled melanin variation in Colias eurytheme

1969Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
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Adaptive significance of pigment polymorphism in Colias butterflies. I. Variation of melanin pigment in relation to thermoregulation

1968EvolutionDOI: 10.2307/2406873Cited 165 times