January 2026
Beyond Mendel: a call to revisit the genotype–phenotype map through new experimental paradigms
Publication
The Red Queen and the Timescale of Antagonistic Coevolution: Parasite Selection for Genetic Diversity
Ebert, D. 2025. The Red Queen and the Timescale of Antagonistic Coevolution: Parasite Selection for Genetic Diversity. Annual Review of Gene...

Project
Taking Evolutionary Biology Beyond the Gene
Evolution depends on the copying of genetic information (DNA) with the incorporation of changes (mutations) that are inherited by subsequent generations.

Publication
Are cardiovascular health measures heritable across three generations of families in Soweto, South Africa? A cross-sectional analysis using the random family method
Ware, Lisa J., Innocent Maposa, Andrea Kolkenbeck-Ruh, Shane A. Norris, Larske Soepnel, Simone Crouch, Juliana Kagura, Sanushka Naidoo, Wayn...


Publication
STIAS Series Volume 15: Persistence of Race
Persistence of Race Nina G. Jablonski (Editor) AFRICAN SUN MeDIA (2020, 150pp) ISBN: 978-1-928480-44-0 https://doi.org/10.18820/9781928480...

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Variation in skin reflectance and pigmentation genes in young adults of Xhosa and Cape Mixed ancestry from the Western Cape, South Africa
Jablonski, Nina G., Tina Lasisi, Abhimanyu Abhimanyu, Anna K. Coussens, Celeste E. Naude, George Chaplin, Laurel N. Pearson, Rene Goliath, M...


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Beyond the genome—Towards an epigenetic understanding of handedness ontogenesis
Schmitz, Judith, Gerlinde A.S. Metz, Onur Güntürkün and Sebastian Ocklenburg. 2017. Beyond the genome—Towards an epigenetic understanding of...

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DNA methylation in candidate genes for handedness predicts handedness direction
Schmitz, Judith, Robert Kumsta, Dirk Moser, Onur Güntürkün and Sebastian Ocklenburg. 2018. DNA methylation in candidate genes for handedness...

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Coupling, Reinforcement, and Speciation
Butlin, Roger K. and Carole M Smadja. 2018. Coupling, Reinforcement, and Speciation. The American Naturalist, 191(2), 155–172. https://doi.o...
