Rapid evolution in Florida Soapberry Bugs

Genetic architecture of adaptive differentiation in evolving host races of the soapberry bug, Jadera haematoloma
Scott P. Carroll, Hugh Dingle, Thomas R. Famula & Charles W. Fox

Genetica 112–113: 257–272, 2001 © 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands.

There are two main aspects to this paper: rapid evolution in a new environment in both morphology and life history, and genetic divergence between populations that accompanied that evolution. We first review our findings on rapid evolution, and then relate them to our findings about the genetic architecture of the traits.