Local adaptation: causal agents of selection and adaptive trait divergence

SM Wadgymar, ML DeMarche… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Divergent selection across the landscape can favor the evolution of local adaptation in
populations experiencing contrasting conditions. Local adaptation is widely observed in a …

Patterns and effects of gene flow on adaptation across spatial scales: implications for management

JP Sexton, M Clemens, N Bell, J Hall… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Gene flow can have rapid effects on adaptation and is an important evolutionary tool
available when undertaking biological conservation and restoration. This tool is underused …

Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals

T Bonnet, MB Morrissey, P De Villemereuil, SC Alberts… - Science, 2022 - science.org
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 …

Low but significant evolutionary potential for growth, phenology and reproduction traits in European beech

M Westergren, J Archambeau, M Bajc… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Local survival of forest tree populations under climate change depends on existing genetic
variation and their adaptability to changing environments. Responses to selection were …

Comparing the Predicted versus Realized Rate of Adaptation of Chamaecrista fasciculata to Climate Change

AR Peschel, RG Shaw - The American Naturalist, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection (FTNS) can be used in a quantitative
genetics framework to predict the rate of adaptation in populations. Here, we estimated the …

Multiple mutualism effects generate synergistic selection and strengthen fitness alignment in the interaction between legumes, rhizobia and mycorrhizal fungi

ME Afkhami, ML Friesen, JR Stinchcombe - Ecology Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nearly all organisms participate in multiple mutualisms, and complementarity within these
complex interactions can result in synergistic fitness effects. However, it remains largely …

Ecological factors influence balancing selection on leaf chemical profiles of a wildflower

LN Carley, JP Mojica, B Wang, CY Chen… - Nature ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Balancing selection is frequently invoked as a mechanism that maintains variation within
and across populations. However, there are few examples of balancing selection operating …

Hidden genetic variation in plasticity provides the potential for rapid adaptation to novel environments

GM Walter, J Clark, D Terranova, S Cozzolino… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid environmental change is forcing populations into environments where plasticity will
no longer maintain fitness. When populations are exposed to novel environments …

The potential for floral evolution in response to competing selection pressures following the loss of hawkmoth pollination in Ruellia humilis

JS Heywood, JS Michalski, BK McCann… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Premise In the absence of hawkmoth pollinators, chasmogamous (CH) flowers of Ruellia
humilis self‐pollinate by two secondary mechanisms. Other floral visitors might exert …

Estimating the capacity of Chamaecrista fasciculata for adaptation to change in precipitation

AR Peschel, EL Boehm, RG Shaw - Evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Adaptation through natural selection may be the only means by which small and fragmented
plant populations will persist through present day environmental change. A population's …