[HTML][HTML] Predicting thermal adaptation by looking into populations' genomic past

AJ Cortés, F López-Hernández… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Molecular evolution offers an insightful theory to interpret the genomic consequences of
thermal adaptation to previous events of climate change beyond range shifts. However …

Population genetics of the coral Acropora millepora: Toward genomic prediction of bleaching

ZL Fuller, VJL Mocellin, LA Morris, N Cantin… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Coral reefs worldwide are suffering losses at an alarming rate as a result of
anthropogenic climate change. Increased seawater temperatures, even only slightly above …

[HTML][HTML] Chemosensation and evolution of Drosophila host plant selection

RRH Anholt - IScience, 2020 - cell.com
The ability to respond to chemosensory cues is critical for survival of most organisms.
Among insects, Drosophila melanogaster has the best characterized olfactory system, and …

Polyploid plants have faster rates of multivariate niche differentiation than their diploid relatives

AE Baniaga, HE Marx, N Arrigo, MS Barker - Ecology letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Polyploid speciation entails substantial and rapid postzygotic reproductive isolation of
nascent species that are initially sympatric with one or both parents. Despite strong …

Shared ancestral polymorphisms and chromosomal rearrangements as potential drivers of local adaptation in a marine fish

H Cayuela, Q Rougemont, M Laporte… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Gene flow has tremendous importance for local adaptation, by influencing the fate of de
novo mutations, maintaining standing genetic variation and driving adaptive introgression …

Genome‐wide signatures of environmental adaptation in European aspen (Populus tremula) under current and future climate conditions

PK Ingvarsson, C Bernhardsson - Evolutionary Applications, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Future climate change has been predicted to disrupt local adaptation in many perennial
plants, such as forest trees, but the magnitude and location of these effects are thus far …

Consequences of single-locus and tightly linked genomic architectures for evolutionary responses to environmental change

RA Oomen, A Kuparinen, JA Hutchings - Journal of Heredity, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Genetic and genomic architectures of traits under selection are key factors influencing
evolutionary responses. Yet, knowledge of their impacts has been limited by a widespread …

Fungal heavy metal adaptation through single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy‐number variation

AL Bazzicalupo, J Ruytinx, YH Ke, L Coninx… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐altered environments can shape the evolution of organisms. Fungi are no
exception, although little is known about how they withstand anthropogenic pollution. Here …

Genetic architecture of a key reproductive isolation trait differs between sympatric and non-sympatric sister species of Lake Victoria cichlids

AF Feller, MP Haesler, CL Peichel… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
One hallmark of the East African cichlid radiations is the rapid evolution of reproductive
isolation that is robust to full sympatry of many closely related species. Theory predicts that …

What can be learned by scanning the genome for molecular convergence in wild populations?

BA Fraser, JR Whiting - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Convergent evolution, where independent lineages evolve similar phenotypes in response
to similar challenges, can provide valuable insight into how selection operates and the …