| Evaluating ‘plasticity-first’evolution in nature: key criteria and empirical approaches NA Levis, DW Pfennig Trends in ecology & evolution 31 (7), 563-574, 2016 | 439 | 2016 |
| Morphological novelty emerges from pre-existing phenotypic plasticity NA Levis, AJ Isdaner, DW Pfennig Nature ecology & evolution 2 (8), 1289, 2018 | 127 | 2018 |
| Phenotypic plasticity, canalization, and the origins of novelty: evidence and mechanisms from amphibians NA Levis, DW Pfennig Seminars in cell & developmental biology 88, 80-90, 2019 | 84 | 2019 |
| Plasticity‐led evolution: A survey of developmental mechanisms and empirical tests NA Levis, DW Pfennig Evolution & Development 22 (1-2), 71-87, 2020 | 70 | 2020 |
| Plasticity-led evolution: evaluating the key prediction of frequency-dependent adaptation NA Levis, DW Pfennig Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1897), 20182754, 2019 | 51 | 2019 |
| Genetic accommodation in the wild: evolution of gene expression plasticity during character displacement NA Levis, A Serrato‐Capuchina, DW Pfennig Journal of evolutionary biology 30 (9), 1712-1723, 2017 | 51 | 2017 |
| Mild desiccation rapidly increases freeze tolerance of the goldenrod gall fly, Eurosta solidaginis: evidence for drought-induced rapid cold-hardening NA Levis, SX Yi, RE Lee Jr Journal of Experimental Biology 215 (21), 3768-3773, 2012 | 46 | 2012 |
| The loss of phenotypic plasticity via natural selection: genetic assimilation SM Scheiner, NA Levis Phenotypic plasticity & evolution, 161-181, 2021 | 42 | 2021 |
| An inducible offense: carnivore morph tadpoles induced by tadpole carnivory NA Levis, S de la Serna Buzón, DW Pfennig Ecology and Evolution 5 (7), 1405-1411, 2015 | 38 | 2015 |
| Innovation and diversification via plasticity-led evolution NA Levis, DW Pfennig Phenotypic plasticity & evolution, 211-240, 2021 | 33 | 2021 |
| Intraspecific adaptive radiation: competition, ecological opportunity, and phenotypic diversification within species NA Levis, RA Martin, KA O'Donnell, DW Pfennig Evolution 71 (10), 2496-2509, 2017 | 31 | 2017 |
| Genome of Spea multiplicata, a Rapidly Developing, Phenotypically Plastic, and Desert-Adapted Spadefoot Toad F Seidl, NA Levis, R Schell, DW Pfennig, KS Pfennig, IM Ehrenreich G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 9 (12), 3909-3919, 2019 | 25 | 2019 |
| Non-adaptive phenotypic plasticity: the effects of terrestrial and aquatic herbicides on larval salamander morphology and swim speed NA Levis, ML Schooler, JR Johnson, ML Collyer Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 118 (3), 569-581, 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
| Level of UV-B radiation influences the effects of glyphosate-based herbicide on the spotted salamander NA Levis, JR Johnson Ecotoxicology 24, 1073-1086, 2015 | 20 | 2015 |
| How stabilizing selection and nongenetic inheritance combine to shape the evolution of phenotypic plasticity NA Levis, DW Pfennig Journal of evolutionary biology 32 (7), 706-716, 2019 | 13 | 2019 |
| An experimental investigation of how intraspecific competition and phenotypic plasticity can promote the evolution of novel, complex phenotypes NA Levis, CG Fuller, DW Pfennig Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131 (1), 76-87, 2020 | 12 | 2020 |
| Identification of candidate loci for adaptive phenotypic plasticity in natural populations of spadefoot toads NA Levis, EMX Reed, DW Pfennig, MO Burford Reiskind Ecology and Evolution 10 (16), 8976-8988, 2020 | 10 | 2020 |
| Variation in hybrid gene expression: implications for the evolution of genetic incompatibilities in interbreeding species F Seidl, NA Levis, CD Jones, A Monroy‐Eklund, IM Ehrenreich, ... Molecular ecology 28 (20), 4667-4679, 2019 | 8 | 2019 |
| Transcriptomic bases of a polyphenism NA Levis, PW Kelly, EA Harmon, IM Ehrenreich, DJ McKay, DW Pfennig Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental …, 2021 | 5 | 2021 |
| Linking molecular mechanisms and evolutionary consequences of resource polyphenism NA Levis, EJ Ragsdale Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 16, 805061, 2022 | 4 | 2022 |
David W. PfennigProfessor of Biology, University of North CarolinaVerifierad e-postadress på unc.edu
