David W. Pfennig David W. Pfennig Associate Professor of Biology Kin selection and mechanisms of kin recognition. Evolution and development of ecologically important characteristics. Evolution and development of ecologically important characteristics. Character displacement in polyphenic tadpoles.
Egg dumping lace bugs preferentially oviposit with kin.
A test of alternative hypotheses for kin recognition in cannibalistic tiger salamanders. Proximate causes of cannibalistic polyphenism in larval tiger salamanders. Pfennig, D. W. 1999. Cannibalistic tadpoles that pose the greatest threat to kin are most likely to discriminate kin. Pathogen transmission as a selective force against cannibalism.