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Richard Gomulkiewicz is a researcher affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research includes contributions to subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Insect Science; Genetics; Molecular Biology; and Plant Science.

The scientist's main topics of study involve areas like CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Plant and animal studies, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Animal Genetics and Reproduction, and research on Genetically Modified Organisms.

Among their recent published papers are the following:

  • Evading resistance to gene drives, 2021, Genetics
  • Gene drive escape from resistance depends on mechanism and ecology, 2022, Evolutionary Applications
  • Phenotypic plasticity made simple, but not too simple, 2022, American Journal of Botany
  • Environmental Cue Integration and Phenology in a Changing World, 2022, Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Effect of social information on an individual's assessment of its environment, 2021, Animal Behaviour

Richard Gomulkiewicz has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including James J. Bull, Forest Cook, Heather E. Watts, Micki L. Thies, and John R. Stinchcombe.

Their work has been published in various scientific venues, such as Genetics, American Journal of Botany, Evolutionary Applications, Integrative and Comparative Biology, and Journal of Economic Entomology.

Best Publications

  • Adaptive phenotypic plasticity: consensus and controversy.

    Sara Via;Richard Gomulkiewicz;Gerdien De Jong;Samuel M. Scheiner

  • WHEN DOES EVOLUTION BY NATURAL SELECTION PREVENT EXTINCTION

    Richard Gomulkiewicz;Robert D. Holt

  • Long-distance gene flow and adaptation of forest trees to rapid climate change

    Antoine Kremer;Antoine Kremer;Ophélie Ronce;Juan J. Robledo‐Arnuncio;Frédéric Guillaume

  • Quantitative genetics and the evolution of reaction norms

    Richard Gomulkiewicz;Mark Kirkpatrick

  • How Does Immigration Influence Local Adaptation? A Reexamination of a Familiar Paradigm

    Robert D. Holt;Richard Gomulkiewicz

  • The evolutionary ecology of metacommunities.

    Mark C. Urban;Mathew A. Leibold;Priyanga Amarasekare;Luc De Meester

  • Hot spots, cold spots, and the geographic mosaic theory of coevolution

    Richard Gomulkiewicz;John N. Thompson;Robert D. Holt;Scott L. Nuismer

  • The effects of density dependence and immigration on local adaptation and niche evolution in a black-hole sink environment.

    Richard Gomulkiewicz;Robert D. Holt;Michael Barfield

  • Demographic and Genetic Constraints on Evolution

    Richard Gomulkiewicz;David Houle

  • Gene flow and geographically structured coevolution

    Scott L. Nuismer;John N. Thompson;Richard Gomulkiewicz

  • Phenotypic plasticity in evolutionary rescue experiments

    Luis-Miguel Chevin;Romain Gallet;Richard Gomulkiewicz;Robert D. Holt

  • Variation, selection and evolution of function-valued traits.

    Joel G. Kingsolver;Richard Gomulkiewicz;Patrick A. Carter

  • Role of Small Animals in Social Interactions between Strangers

    Susan J. Hunt;Lynette A. Hart;Richard Gomulkiewicz

  • The phenomenology of niche evolution via quantitative traits in a 'black-hole' sink.

    R. D. Holt;R. Gomulkiewicz;M. Barfield

  • Dos and don'ts of testing the geographic mosaic theory of coevolution

    Richard Gomulkiewicz;D M Drown;Mark F Dybdahl;W Godsoe

  • Coevolutionary clines across selection mosaics.

    Scott L. Nuismer;John N. Thompson;Richard Gomulkiewicz

  • Source–sink dynamics of virulence evolution

    Evgeni V. Sokurenko;Richard Gomulkiewicz;Daniel E. Dykhuizen

  • When is correlation coevolution

    Scott L. Nuismer;Richard Gomulkiewicz;Benjamin J. Ridenhour

  • Genetics, adaptation, and invasion in harsh environments.

    Richard Gomulkiewicz;Robert D. Holt;Michael Barfield;Scott L. Nuismer

  • Coevolution and maladaptation.

    John N. Thompson;Scott L. Nuismer;Richard Gomulkiewicz

  • Life History Invariants: Some Explorations of Symmetry in Evolutionary Ecology : Eric L. Charnov Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1993, 167 pp., $19.95 (paper), $37.50 (cloth).

    Richard Gomulkiewicz

  • Phenotypic Evolution: A Reaction Norm Perspective.

    Larry Hufford;Richard Gomulkiewicz;Carl D. Schlichting;Massimo Pigliucci

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Holt
Robert D. Holt University of Florida
Scott L. Nuismer
Scott L. Nuismer University of Idaho
John N. Thompson
John N. Thompson University of California, Santa Cruz
Joel G. Kingsolver
Joel G. Kingsolver University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James J. Bull
James J. Bull University of Idaho
Norman A. Slade
Norman A. Slade University of Kansas
Samuel M. Scheiner
Samuel M. Scheiner National Science Foundation
Marc Mangel
Marc Mangel University of Bergen
Carl D. Schlichting
Carl D. Schlichting University of Connecticut
Michael E. Hochberg
Michael E. Hochberg University of Montpellier

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