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Nicholas A. Levis

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Animal Behavior and ReproductionAmphibian and Reptile BiologyPhysiological and biochemical adaptationsEvolution and Genetic DynamicsInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Publications

50

Citations

1,430

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

31

Publishing since 1996

Research summary
AI-generated

Nicholas A. Levis studies how organisms develop different physical forms and behaviors in response to their environment, a phenomenon called phenotypic plasticity, and how these flexible traits shape evolution over time. Much of the work focuses on spadefoot toads, using genetics and gene-expression analysis to understand 'polyphenism' (when a single species produces distinct alternative forms). The research combines developmental biology, genomics, and evolutionary theory.

Phenotypic plasticity and polyphenismEvolutionary developmental biologyAmphibian genomics (spadefoot toads)Gene expression and transcriptomicsAdaptation and diversification

Publication activity has been fairly steady over the last decade, peaking around 2020 and averaging roughly three papers per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.2/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 9 publications9202021: 4 publications212022: 4 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • UNC Libraries×6
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences×3
  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology×2
  • Evolution×2
  • Ecology and Evolution×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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