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  1. Live birth in lizards: A process-based model for the roles of temperature, behavior, and life-history

    Article • Evolution Letters, November 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  2. Sexual dimorphism in subterranean amphipod crustaceans covaries with subterranean habitat type

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, March 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  3. Fitness as the organismal performance measure guiding adaptive evolution

    Article • Evolution, March 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  4. A general framework for modelling trade‐offs in adaptive behaviour

    Article • Biological Reviews, August 2023, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  5. Sex roles and sex ratios in animals

    Article • Biological Reviews, October 2022, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  6. The evolution of mating preferences for genetic attractiveness and quality in the presence of sensory bias

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  7. Biological adaptation in light of the Lewontin – Williams (a)symmetry

    Article • Evolution, May 2022, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  8. Size-dependent aggression towards kin in a cannibalistic species

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, March 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  9. The balance model of honest sexual signalling

    Article • Evolution, January 2022, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  10. Should dispersers be fast learners? Modeling the role of cognition in dispersal syndromes

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, September 2021, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  11. Realistic genetic architecture enables organismal adaptation as predicted under the folk definition of inclusive fitness

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  12. Size-dependent tradeoffs in aggressive behavior towards kin

    Article • October 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  13. Hybridization selects for prime‐numbered life cycles in Magicicada : An individual‐based simulation model of a structured periodical cicada population

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  14. Modelling the evolution of cognitive styles

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  15. Need for speed: Short lifespan selects for increased learning ability

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  16. Sex roles and the evolution of parental care specialization

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  17. Evolutionary Hysteresis and Ratchets in the Evolution of Periodical Cicadas

    Article • The American Naturalist, July 2019, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  18. The strategic reference gene: an organismal theory of inclusive fitness

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  19. Sex‐allocation conflict and sexual selection throughout the lifespan of eusocial colonies

    Article • Evolution, May 2019, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  20. Sexual selection, phenotypic plasticity and female reproductive output

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2019, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  21. Evolution of external female genital mutilation: why do males harm their mates?

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, November 2017, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  22. Not all sex ratios are equal: the Fisher condition, parental care and sexual selection

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, July 2017, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  23. Evolution of male and female choice in polyandrous systems

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2017, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  24. Parental Care and Investment

    Article • March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  25. Coevolution of parental investment and sexually selected traits drives sex-role divergence

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2016, Nature

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  26. The evolution of sex roles in mate searching

    Article • Evolution, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  27. No Synergy Needed: Ecological Constraints Favor the Evolution of Eusociality

    Article • The American Naturalist, July 2015, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  28. SEXUALLY SELECTED TRAITS EVOLVE POSITIVE ALLOMETRY WHEN SOME MATINGS OCCUR IRRESPECTIVE OF THE TRAIT

    Article • Evolution, March 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  29. Sex change in plants and animals: a unified perspective

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, February 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  30. Understanding the placebo effect from an evolutionary perspective

    Article • Evolution and Human Behavior, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Lutz Fromhage, Professor John Michael McNamara

  31. A mate to die for? A model of conditional monogyny in cannibalistic spiders

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  32. When should cuckolded males care for extra-pair offspring?

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  33. Spider Males Adjust Mate Choice but Not Sperm Allocation to Cues of a Rival

    Article • Ethology, September 2011, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  34. MATING UNPLUGGED: A MODEL FOR THE EVOLUTION OF MATING PLUG (DIS-)PLACEMENT

    Article • Evolution, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  35. Monogamy and haplodiploidy act in synergy to promote the evolution of eusociality

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  36. Is the Evolution of Inaccurate Mimicry a Result of Selection by a Suite of Predators? A Case Study Using Myrmecomorphic Spiders

    Article • The American Naturalist, July 2011, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  37. Spatial seed and pollen games: dispersal, sex allocation, and the evolution of dioecy

    Article • Journal of Evolutionary Biology, August 2010, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  38. Monogynous mating strategies in spiders

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  39. Deterioration, death and the evolution of reproductive restraint in late life

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2009, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lutz Fromhage, Professor John Michael McNamara

  40. The optimal coyness game

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2009, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lutz Fromhage, Professor John Michael McNamara

  41. EVOLUTION OF MATE CHOICE FOR GENOME-WIDE HETEROZYGOSITY

    Article • Evolution, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  42. Sperm Allocation Strategies and Female Resistance: A Unifying Perspective

    Article • The American Naturalist, July 2008, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Lutz Fromhage, Professor John Michael McNamara

  43. A model for the evolutionary maintenance of monogyny in spiders

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, February 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Lutz Fromhage, Professor John Michael McNamara

  44. The coevolution of choosiness and cooperation

    Article • Nature, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lutz Fromhage, Professor John Michael McNamara

  45. Monogynous Mating Behaviour and its Ecological Basis in the Golden Orb Spider Nephila fenestrata

    Article • Ethology, August 2007, Wiley

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  46. Stability and value of male care for offspring: is it worth only half the trouble?

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2007, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Lutz Fromhage, Professor John Michael McNamara

  47. Sexual conflict over copulation duration in a cannibalistic spider

    Article • Animal Behaviour, April 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  48. Emasculation to plug up females: the significance of pedipalp damage in Nephila fenestrata

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, January 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  49. EXTREMELY SHORT COPULATIONS DO NOT AFFECT HATCHING SUCCESS IN ARGIOPE BRUENNICHI (ARANEAE, ARANEIDAE)

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, December 2005, American Arachnological Society

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  50. Virgin doves and mated hawks: contest behaviour in a spider

    Article • Animal Behaviour, November 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  51. No discrimination against previous mates in a sexually cannibalistic spider

    Article • The Science of Nature, August 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  52. Copulation patterns in the golden orb-web spider Nephila madagascariensis

    Article • Journal of Ethology, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  53. Safer sex with feeding females: sexual conflict in a cannibalistic spider

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, October 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  54. Testing alternative vicariance scenarios in Western Mediterranean discoglossid frogs

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, April 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Lutz Fromhage

  55. Fitness consequences of sexual cannibalism in female Argiope bruennichi

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, November 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lutz Fromhage