Plasticity's role in adaptive evolution depends on environmental change components
To forecast extinction risks of natural populations under climate change and direct human
impacts, an integrative understanding of both phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution is …
impacts, an integrative understanding of both phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution is …
Fluctuating selection and the determinants of genetic variation
Recent studies of cosmopolitan Drosophila populations have found hundreds to thousands
of genetic loci with seasonally fluctuating allele frequencies, bringing temporally fluctuating …
of genetic loci with seasonally fluctuating allele frequencies, bringing temporally fluctuating …
The expanding value of long-term studies of individuals in the wild
Over the past seventy-five years, long-term population studies of individual organisms in
their natural environments have been influential in illuminating how ecological and …
their natural environments have been influential in illuminating how ecological and …
Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals
The rate of adaptive evolution, the contribution of selection to genetic changes that increase
mean fitness, is determined by the additive genetic variance in individual relative fitness. To …
mean fitness, is determined by the additive genetic variance in individual relative fitness. To …
Population differentiation of polygenic score predictions under stabilizing selection
Given the many small-effect loci uncovered by genome-wide association studies (GWAS),
polygenic scores have become central to genomic medicine, and have found application in …
polygenic scores have become central to genomic medicine, and have found application in …
The relevance of pedigrees in the conservation genomics era
SJ Galla, L Brown, Y Couch‐Lewis, I Cubrinovska… - 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past 50 years conservation genetics has developed a substantive toolbox to inform
species management. One of the most long‐standing tools available to manage genetics …
species management. One of the most long‐standing tools available to manage genetics …
Seasonal variation in dragonfly assemblage colouration suggests a link between thermal melanism and phenology
R Novella-Fernandez, R Brandl, S Pinkert… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Phenology, the seasonal timing of life events, is an essential component of diversity
patterns. However, the mechanisms involved are complex and understudied. Body colour …
patterns. However, the mechanisms involved are complex and understudied. Body colour …
Detecting climate signals cascading through levels of biological organization
Threats to species under climate change can be understood as a time at which the signal of
climate change in ecological processes emerges from the noise of ecosystem variability …
climate change in ecological processes emerges from the noise of ecosystem variability …
Seasonal timing on a cyclical Earth: Towards a theoretical framework for the evolution of phenology
Phenology refers to the seasonal timing patterns commonly exhibited by life on Earth, from
blooming flowers to breeding birds to human agriculture. Climate change is altering abiotic …
blooming flowers to breeding birds to human agriculture. Climate change is altering abiotic …
Properties of phenotypic plasticity in discrete threshold traits
Forms of phenotypic plasticity in key traits, and forms of selection on and genetic variation in
such plasticity, fundamentally underpin phenotypic, population dynamic, and evolutionary …
such plasticity, fundamentally underpin phenotypic, population dynamic, and evolutionary …