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Méndez DS, Ramos-Zapata J, Estrada-Medina H, Carmona D. Making partners in the city: impact of urban soil P enrichment on the partnership between an invasive herb and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a tropical city. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2024; 26:51-62. [PMID: 37937739 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
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The mutualistic relationship between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is essential for optimal plant nutrition, enabling plants to better withstand biotic and abiotic stressors and enhancing survival, reproduction, and colonization of new environments. Activities, such as soil enrichment or compaction, may decrease the benefits of AM fungi for plants, potentially reducing interactions in urban environments. Here, we examine this prediction by studying how urbanization alters AM interactions with the invasive herb Ruellia nudiflora (Acanthaceae). We collected soil and plants from deep urban sites (DUS; e.g., sidewalks), open urban sites (OUS; parks), and rural sites (RS) to analyse soil nutrient content, plant morphology, AM colonization rates, spore density, richness, and diversity. Contrary to predicted, DUS had the lowest soil nutrient concentration, except for phosphorus, reducing AM colonization. This supports the prediction of reduced AM interactions in urban environments. We also found that potassium affects the AM association. Urban plants had smaller and more compact root systems compared to their rural counterparts, but there were no discernible differences in AM fungi communities between urban and rural environments. Phosphorus enrichment in sidewalks is the main driver of reductionof R. nudiflora-AM fungi interactions in Mérida. More studies are needed to gain a better understanding of how AM fungi contribute to plant colonization in urban environments.
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- D S Méndez
- Departamento de Ecología Tropical, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ecología Tropical, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Departamento de Manejo y Conservación de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ecología Tropical, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
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Sun S, Kilner RM. Competition among host-specific lineages of Poecilochirus carabi mites influences the extent of co-adaptation with their Nicrophorus vespilloides burying beetle hosts. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e10837. [PMID: 38192905 PMCID: PMC10771929 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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Reciprocal selection between symbiotic organisms and their hosts can generate variations in local adaptation between them. Symbionts often form species complexes with lineages partially adapted to various hosts. However, it is unclear how interactions among these lineages influences geographic variation in the extent of host-symbiont local adaptation. We addressed this shortcoming with experiments on burying beetles Nicrophorus vespilloides and their specialist phoretic mite Poecilochirus carabi in two adjacent woodlands. Burying beetles transport these mites to vertebrate carrion upon which they both reproduce. P. carabi appears to be a species complex, with distinct lineages that specialise on breeding alongside different Nicrophorus species. We found that in one wood (Gamlingay Woods), N. vespilloides carries a mixture of mite lineages, with each lineage corresponding to one of the four Nicrophorus species that inhabits this wood. However, two burying beetle species coexist in neighbouring Waresley Woods and here N. vespilloides predominantly carries the mite lineage that favours N. vespilloides. Mite lineage mixing alters the degree of local adaptation for both N. vespilloides and the P. carabi mites, affecting reproductive success variably across different woodlands. In Gamlingay, mite lineage mixing reduced N. vespilloides reproductive success, while experimentally purifying mites lineage enhanced it. The near pure lineage of vespilloides mites negligibly affected Waresley N. vespilloides. Mite reproductive success varied with host specificity: Gamlingay mites had greatest reproductive success on Gamlingay beetles, and performed less well with Waresley beetles. By contrast, Waresley mites had consistent reproductive success, regardless of beetle's woodland of origin. We conclude that there is some evidence that N. vespilloides and its specific mite lineage have coadapted. However, neither N. vespilloides nor its mite lineage adapted to breed alongside other mite lineages. This, we suggest, causes variation between Waresley and Gaminglay Woods in the extent of local adaptation between N. vespilloides beetles and their P. carabi mites.
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- Syuan‐Jyun Sun
- Department of ZoologyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- International Degree Program in Climate Change and Sustainable DevelopmentNational Taiwan UniversityTaipeiTaiwan
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Week B, Bradburd G. Host-Parasite Coevolution in Continuous Space Leads to Variation in Local Adaptation across Spatial Scales. Am Nat 2024; 203:43-54. [PMID: 38207142 PMCID: PMC11016188 DOI: 10.1086/727470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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AbstractPrevious host-parasite coevolutionary theory has focused on understanding the determinants of local adaptation using spatially discrete models. However, these studies fall short of describing patterns of host-parasite local adaptation across spatial scales. In contrast, empirical work demonstrates that patterns of adaptation depend on the scale at which they are measured. Here, we propose a mathematical model of host-parasite coevolution in continuous space that naturally leads to a scale-dependent definition of local adaptation. In agreement with empirical research, we find that patterns of adaptation vary across spatial scales. In some cases, not only the magnitude of local adaptation but also the identity of the locally adapted species will depend on the spatial scale at which measurements are taken. Building on our results, we suggest a way to consistently measure parasite local adaptation when continuous space is the driver of cross-scale variation. We also describe a way to test whether continuous space is driving cross-scale variation. Taken together, our results provide a new perspective that can be used to understand empirical observations previously unexplained by theoretical expectations and deepens our understanding of the mechanics of host-parasite local adaptation.
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- Bob Week
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403
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Bazzicalupo A. Local adaptation in fungi. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2022; 46:6604384. [PMID: 35675293 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuac026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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In this review, I explore the pervasive but underappreciated role of local adaptation in fungi. It has been difficult historically to study local adaptation in fungi because of the limited understanding of fungal species and their traits, but new hope has been offered with technological advances in sequencing. The filamentous nature of fungi invalidates some assumptions made in evolution because of their ability to exist as multinucleate entities with genetically different nuclei sharing the same cytoplasm. Many insights on local adaptation have come from studying fungi, and much of the empirical evidence gathered about local adaptation in the context of host-pathogen interactions comes from studying fungal virulence genes, drug resistance, and environmental adaptation. Together, these insights paint a picture of the variety of processes involved in fungal local adaptation and their connections to the unusual cell biology of Fungi (multinucleate, filamentous habit), but there is much that remains unknown, with major gaps in our knowledge of fungal species, their phenotypes, and the ways by which they adapt to local conditions.
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- Anna Bazzicalupo
- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 4200 - 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Coexistence with an invasive species in the context of global warming lead to behavioural changes via both hereditary and ontogenetic adjustments to minimise conflict. Acta Ethol 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10211-022-00402-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- Scott L. Nuismer
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844
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- Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844
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Medina M, Baker DM, Baltrus DA, Bennett GM, Cardini U, Correa AMS, Degnan SM, Christa G, Kim E, Li J, Nash DR, Marzinelli E, Nishiguchi M, Prada C, Roth MS, Saha M, Smith CI, Theis KR, Zaneveld J. Grand Challenges in Coevolution. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.618251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Boixel A, Chelle M, Suffert F. Patterns of thermal adaptation in a globally distributed plant pathogen: Local diversity and plasticity reveal two-tier dynamics. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e8515. [PMID: 35127031 PMCID: PMC8796916 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Plant pathogen populations inhabit patchy environments with contrasting, variable thermal conditions. We investigated the diversity of thermal responses in populations sampled over contrasting spatiotemporal scales, to improve our understanding of their dynamics of adaptation to local conditions. Samples of natural populations of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici were collected from sites within the Euro-Mediterranean region subject to a broad range of climatic conditions. We tested for local adaptation, by accounting for the diversity of responses at the individual and population levels on the basis of key thermal performance curve parameters and "thermotype" (groups of individuals with similar thermal responses) composition. The characterization of phenotypic responses and genotypic structure revealed the following: (i) a high degree of individual plasticity and variation in sensitivity to temperature conditions across spatiotemporal scales and populations; and (ii) geographic variation in thermal response among populations, with major alterations due to seasonal patterns over the wheat-growing season. The seasonal shifts in functional composition suggest that populations are locally structured by selection, contributing to adaptation patterns. Further studies combining selection experiments and modeling are required to determine how functional group selection drives population dynamics and adaptive potential in response to thermal heterogeneity.
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- Anne‐Lise Boixel
- Université Paris‐Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGERThiverval‐GrignonFrance
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- Université Paris‐Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR ECOSYSThiverval‐GrignonFrance
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- Université Paris‐Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGERThiverval‐GrignonFrance
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Craig TP, Itami JK. A geographic mosaic of coevolution between Eurosta solidaginis (Fitch) and its host plant tall goldenrod Solidago altissima (L.). Evolution 2021; 75:3056-3070. [PMID: 34726264 DOI: 10.1111/evo.14391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A geographic mosaic of coevolution has produced local reciprocal adaptation in tall goldenrod, Solidago altissima (L.), and the goldenrod ball-gall fly, Eurosta solidaginis (Fitch 1855). The fly is selected to induce gall diameters that minimize mortality from natural enemies, and the plant is selected to limit gall growth that reduces plant fitness. We conducted a double reciprocal transplant experiment where S. altissima and E. solidaginis from three sites were grown in gardens at each site to partition the gall morphology variation into fly genotype, plant genotype, and the environment components. The host plant gall diameter induced by each E. solidaginis population was adapted to inhibit local natural enemies from ovipositing on or consuming enclosed larvae. Reciprocally, increasing the gall size induced by the local fly population increased the resistance of the local plant host population to gall growth. Differences among sites in natural enemies produced a mosaic of hotspots of coevolutionary arms races between flies selecting for greater gall diameter and plants for smaller diameters, and coldspots where there is no selection on plant or fly for a change in gall diameter. In contrast, the geographic variations of gall length and gall shape were not due to coevolutionary interactions.
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- Timothy P Craig
- Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
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- Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
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Folio DM, Gil J, Caudron A, Labonne J. Genotype-by-environment interactions drive the maintenance of genetic variation in a Salmo trutta L. hybrid zone. Evol Appl 2021; 14:2698-2711. [PMID: 34815748 PMCID: PMC8591331 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Allopatric gene pools can evolve in different directions through adaptive and nonadaptive processes and are therefore a source of intraspecific diversity. The connection of these previously isolated gene pools through human intervention can lead to intraspecific diversity loss, through extirpation of native populations or hybridization. However, the mechanisms leading to these situations are not always explicitly documented and are thus rarely used to manage intraspecific diversity. In particular, genotype-by-environment (GxE) interactions can drive postzygotic reproductive isolation mechanisms that may result in a mosaic of diversity patterns, depending on the local environment. We test this hypothesis using a salmonid species (Salmo trutta) in the Mediterranean (MED) area, where intensive stocking from non-native Atlantic (ATL) origins has led to various outcomes of hybridization with the native MED lineage, going from MED resilience to total extirpation via full hybridization. We investigate patterns of offspring survival at egg stage in natural environments, based on parental genotypes in interaction with river temperature, to detect potential GxE interactions. Our results show a strong influence of maternal GxE interaction on embryonic survival, mediated by maternal effect through egg size, and a weak influence of paternal GxE interaction. In particular, when egg size is large and temperature is cold, the survival rate of offspring originating from MED females is three times higher than that of ATL females' offspring. Because river temperatures show contrast at small scale, this cold adaptation for MED females' offspring constitutes a potent postzygotic mechanism to explain small-scale spatial heterogeneity in diversity observed in MED areas where ATL fish have been stocked. It also indicates that management efforts could be specifically targeted at the environments that actively favor native intraspecific diversity through eco-evolutionary processes such as postzygotic selection.
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- Dorinda Marie Folio
- Université de Pau et des Pays de l’AdourUMR INRAE‐UPPAEcobiopSaint‐Pée‐sur‐NivelleFrance
- SCIMABIO InterfaceThonon‐les‐BainsFrance
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- UMR CARRTELINRAEUSMBThonon‐les‐BainsFrance
- Conservatoire des Espaces Naturels Rhône‐AlpesVogüeFrance
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l’AdourUMR INRAE‐UPPAEcobiopSaint‐Pée‐sur‐NivelleFrance
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Blumstein M, Hopkins R. Adaptive variation and plasticity in non-structural carbohydrate storage in a temperate tree species. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2021; 44:2494-2505. [PMID: 33244757 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Trees' total amount of non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) stores and the proportion of these stores residing as insoluble starch are vital traits for individuals living in variable environments. However, our understanding of how stores vary in response to environmental stress is poorly understood as the genetic component of storage is rarely accounted for in studies. Here, we quantified variation in NSC traits in branch samples taken from over 600 clonally transplanted black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) trees grown in two common gardens. We found heritable variation in both total NSC stores and the proportion of stores in starch (H2TNC = 0.19, H2PropStarch = 0.31), indicating a substantial genetic component of variation. In addition, we found high amounts of plasticity in both traits in response to cold temperatures and significant genotype-by-environment (GxE) interactions in the total amount of NSC stored (54% of P is GxE). This finding of high GxE indicates extensive variation across trees in their response to environment, which may explain why previous studies of carbohydrate stores' responses to stress have failed to converge on a consistent pattern. Overall, we found high amounts of environmental and genetic variation in NSC storage concentrations, which may bolster species against future climate change.
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- Meghan Blumstein
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- The Arnold Arboretum, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Walters SJ, Robinson TP, Byrne M, Wardell‐Johnson GW, Nevill P. Association of putatively adaptive genetic variation with climatic variables differs between a parasite and its host. Evol Appl 2021; 14:1732-1746. [PMID: 34295360 PMCID: PMC8288004 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 03/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Parasitism is a pervasive phenomenon in nature with the relationship between species driving evolution in both parasite and host. Due to their host-dependent lifestyle, parasites may adapt to the abiotic environment in ways that differ from their hosts or from free-living relatives; yet rarely has this been assessed. Here, we test two competing hypotheses related to whether putatively adaptive genetic variation in a specialist mistletoe associates with the same, or different, climatic variables as its host species. We sampled 11 populations of the specialist mistletoe Amyema gibberula var. tatei (n = 154) and 10 populations of its associated host Hakea recurva subsp. recurva (n = 160). Reduced-representation sequencing was used to obtain genome-wide markers and putatively adaptive variation detected using genome scan methods. Climate associations were identified using generalized dissimilarity modelling, and these were mapped geographically to visualize the spatial patterns of genetic composition. Our results supported the hypothesis of parasites and host species responding differently to climatic variables. Temperature was relatively more important in predicting allelic turnover in the specialist mistletoe while precipitation was more important for the host. This suggests that parasitic plants and host species may respond differently to selective pressures, potentially as a result of differing nutrient acquisition strategies. Specifically, mistletoes acquire water from hosts (rather than the abiotic environment), which may provide a buffer to precipitation as a selective pressure. This work deepens and complements the physiological and other ecological studies of adaptation and provides a window into the evolutionary processes that underlie previously observed phenomena. Applying these methods to a comparative study in a host-parasite system has also highlighted factors that affect the study of selection pressure on nonmodel organisms, such as differing adaptation rates and lack of reference genomes.
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- Sheree J. Walters
- ARC Centre for Mine Site RestorationSchool of Molecular and Life SciencesCurtin UniversityBentleyWAAustralia
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- School of Earth and Planetary ScienceCurtin UniversityBentleyWAAustralia
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- Biodiversity and Conservation ScienceDepartment of Biodiversity, Conservation and AttractionsBentleyWAAustralia
- School of Molecular and Life SciencesCurtin UniversityBentleyWAAustralia
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- ARC Centre for Mine Site RestorationSchool of Molecular and Life SciencesCurtin UniversityBentleyWAAustralia
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- ARC Centre for Mine Site RestorationSchool of Molecular and Life SciencesCurtin UniversityBentleyWAAustralia
- Trace and Environmental DNA LaboratorySchool of Molecular and Life SciencesCurtin UniversityBentleyWAAustralia
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Reciprocal Garden Study Reveals Acute Spatial-Edaphic Adaptation for Cycas micronesica. DIVERSITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/d13060237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A long-term reciprocal garden study was used to determine adaptive variation between Cycas micronesica K.D. Hill plants from north versus south Guam. Half-siblings from each location were planted as one-leaf seedlings in north and south gardens and monitored for 15 years. Stem height and diameter, and leaf number and maximum length were measured yearly. Survival and plant size traits were evaluated using a two-way factorial. In both locations, the local genotypes out-performed the foreign genotypes in terms of survival and growth. Survival of the foreign genotypes began to decline by year 4 and was less than 10% by year 15. Survival of the local genotypes was 70% for the north garden and 100% for the south garden. The north site was more hostile to plant performance because overall survival and plant growth were less than for the south site. The most likely environmental factor provoking local adaptation was highly contrasting soil characteristics between north and south Guam. The results indicates that long-term conservation success for C. micronesica and other cycad species must include the concept of local adaptation into decisions for transplantation and restoration projects.
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Petipas RH, Geber MA, Lau JA. Microbe-mediated adaptation in plants. Ecol Lett 2021; 24:1302-1317. [PMID: 33913572 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Interactions with microbial symbionts have yielded great macroevolutionary innovations across the tree of life, like the origins of chloroplasts and the mitochondrial powerhouses of eukaryotic cells. There is also increasing evidence that host-associated microbiomes influence patterns of microevolutionary adaptation in plants and animals. Here we describe how microbes can facilitate adaptation in plants and how to test for and differentiate between the two main mechanisms by which microbes can produce adaptive responses in higher organisms: microbe-mediated local adaptation and microbe-mediated adaptive plasticity. Microbe-mediated local adaptation is when local plant genotypes have higher fitness than foreign genotypes because of a genotype-specific affiliation with locally beneficial microbes. Microbe-mediated adaptive plasticity occurs when local plant phenotypes, elicited by either the microbial community or the non-microbial environment, have higher fitness than foreign phenotypes as a result of interactions with locally beneficial microbes. These microbial effects on adaptation can be difficult to differentiate from traditional modes of adaptation but may be prevalent. Ignoring microbial effects may lead to erroneous conclusions about the traits and mechanisms underlying adaptation, hindering management decisions in conservation, restoration, and agriculture.
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- Renee H Petipas
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.,Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.,The Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Micheletti SJ, Storfer A. Mixed support for gene flow as a constraint to local adaptation and contributor to the limited geographic range of an endemic salamander. Mol Ecol 2020; 29:4091-4101. [PMID: 32920896 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Understanding mechanisms that underlie species range limits is at the core of evolutionary ecology. Asymmetric gene flow between larger core populations and smaller edge populations can swamp local adaptation at the range edge and inhibit further range expansion. However, empirical tests of this theory are exceedingly rare. We tested the hypothesis that asymmetric gene flow can constrain local adaptation and thereby species' range limits in an endemic US salamander (Ambystoma barbouri) by determining if gene flow is asymmetric between the core and peripheries of the species' geographic distribution and testing whether local adaptation is swamped at range edges with a reciprocal transplant experiment. Using putatively neutral loci from populations across three core-to-edge transects that covered nearly the entire species' geographic range, we found evidence for asymmetric, core-to-edge gene flow along western and northern transects, but not along a southern transect. Subsequently, the reciprocal transplant experiment suggested that northern and western edge populations are locally adapted despite experiencing asymmetric gene flow, yet have lower fitness in their respective home regions than those of centre population. Conversely, southern populations exhibit low deme quality, experiencing high mortality regardless of where they were reared, probably due to harsher edge habitat conditions. Consequently, we provide rare species-wide evidence that local adaptation can occur despite asymmetric gene flow, though migration from the core may prohibit range expansion by reducing fitness in edge populations. Further, our multitransect study shows that multiple, nonmutually exclusive mechanisms can lead to range limits within a single species.
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- Steven J Micheletti
- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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Petipas RH, Wruck AC, Geber MA. Microbe-mediated local adaptation to limestone barrens is context dependent. Ecology 2020; 101:e03092. [PMID: 32365230 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Plant-root-associated microbes influence plant phenotype and tolerance to environmental stress, and thus have been hypothesized to play a role in plant local adaptation. Here, we test this hypothesis with factorial experiments addressing the role of microbes in local adaptation of Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort) to stressful limestone barrens (alvars) compared to neighboring old-fields. Alvar plants benefited more from microbes in early life history stages, while at later growth stages, alvar and old-field plants benefited equally from microbes but only in the old-field habitat. Patterns of local adaptation were changed by the presence of microbes. Alvar plants grown in association with alvar microbes outperformed old-field plants in the alvar habitat, whereas old-field plants showed patterns of maladaptation when grown with microbes. In this demonstration of microbe-mediated adaptation, we show that rhizosphere microbes can be important for plant fitness and patterns of local adaptation but that those effects are dependent on life-history stage and habitat.
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- Renee H Petipas
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA.,Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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Meyerson LA, Pyšek P, Lučanová M, Wigginton S, Tran C, Cronin JT. Plant genome size influences stress tolerance of invasive and native plants via plasticity. Ecosphere 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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- Laura A. Meyerson
- Department of Natural Resources Science The University of Rhode Island Kingston Rhode Island 02881 USA
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- Department of Invasion Ecology Institute of Botany Czech Academy of Sciences CZ‐252 43 Průhonice Czech Republic
- Department of Ecology Faculty of Science Charles University Viničná 7 CZ‐128 44 Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology of Plants Institute of Botany Czech Academy of Sciences CZ‐252 43 Průhonice Czech Republic
- Department of Botany Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia CZ‐370 05 České Budějovice Czech Republic
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- Department of Natural Resources Science The University of Rhode Island Kingston Rhode Island 02881 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana 70803 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana 70803 USA
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Sakata Y, Utsumi S, Craig TP, Itami JK, Ikemoto M, Ohgushi T. Environmentally triggered variability in the genetic variance-covariance of herbivory resistance of an exotic plant Solidago altissima. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:3103-3111. [PMID: 32211180 PMCID: PMC7083677 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The variability in the genetic variance-covariance (G-matrix) in plant resistance and its role in the evolution of invasive plants have been long overlooked. We conducted an additional analysis of the data of a reciprocal transplant experiment with tall goldenrod, Solidago altissima, in multiple garden sites within its native range (USA) and introduced range (Japan). We explored the differences in G-matrix of resistance to two types of foliar herbivores: (a) a lace bug that is native to the USA and recently introduced to Japan, (b) and other herbivorous insects in response to plant origins and environments. A negative genetic covariance was found between plant resistances to lace bugs and other herbivorous insects, in all combinations of garden locations and plant origins except for US plants planted in US gardens. The G-matrix of the resistance indices did not differ between US and Japanese plants either in US or Japanese gardens, while it differed between US and Japanese gardens in both US and Japanese plants. Our results suggested that the G-matrix of the plant resistance may have changed in response to novel environmental differences including herbivore communities and/or other biotic and abiotic factors in the introduced range. This may have revealed a hidden trade-off between resistances, masked by the environmental factors in the origin range. These results suggest that the stability of the genetic covariance during invasion, and the environmentally triggered variability in the G-matrices of plant resistance may help to protect the plant against multiple herbivore species without changing its genetic architecture and that this may lead to a rapid adaptation of resistance in exotic plants. Local environments of the plant also have a critical effect on plant resistance and should be considered in order to understand trait evolution in exotic plants.
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- Yuzu Sakata
- Center for Ecological ResearchKyoto UniversityOtsuJapan
- Department of Biological EnvironmentAkita Prefectural UniversityAkitaJapan
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- Field Science Center for Northern BiosphereHokkaido UniversityHorokanaiJapan
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- Center for Ecological ResearchKyoto UniversityOtsuJapan
- Department of Life and Environmental SciencesUniversity of TsukubaTsukubaJapan
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Smithson MW, Dybdahl MF, Nuismer SL. The adaptive value of epigenetic mutation: Limited in large but high in small peripheral populations. J Evol Biol 2019; 32:1391-1405. [DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Mark W. Smithson
- School of Biological Sciences Washington State University Pullman WA USA
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- School of Biological Sciences Washington State University Pullman WA USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences University of Idaho Moscow ID USA
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Manzanedo RD, Fischer M, María Navarro‐Cerrillo R, Allan E. A new approach to study local adaptation in long‐lived woody species: Virtual transplant experiments. Methods Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Rubén D. Manzanedo
- Biology Department University of Washington Seattle WA USA
- Harvard Forest Harvard University Petersham MA USA
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- Institute of Plant Sciences University of Bern Bern Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences University of Bern Bern Switzerland
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Margres MJ, Patton A, Wray KP, Hassinger ATB, Ward MJ, Lemmon EM, Lemmon AR, Rokyta DR. Tipping the Scales: The Migration-Selection Balance Leans toward Selection in Snake Venoms. Mol Biol Evol 2019; 36:271-282. [PMID: 30395254 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The migration-selection interaction is the strongest determinant of whether a beneficial allele increases in frequency within a population. Results of empirical studies examining the role of gene flow in an adaptive context, however, have largely been equivocal, with examples of opposing outcomes being repeatedly documented (e.g., local adaptation with high levels of gene flow vs. gene swamping). We compared neutral genomic and venom expression divergence for three sympatric pit vipers with differing ecologies to determine if and how migration-selection disequilibria result in local adaptation. We specifically tested whether neutral differentiation predicted phenotypic differentiation within an isolation-by-distance framework. The decoupling of neutral and phenotypic differentiation would indicate selection led to adaptive divergence irrespective of migration, whereas a significant relationship between neutral and venom expression differentiation would provide evidence in favor of the constraining force of gene flow. Neutral differentiation and geographic distance predicted phenotypic differentiation only in the generalist species, indicating that selection was the predominant mechanism in the migration-selection balance underlying adaptive venom evolution in both specialists. Dispersal is thought to be a stronger influence on genetic differentiation than specialization, but our results suggest the opposite. Greater specialization may lead to greater diversification rates, and extreme spatial and temporal variation in selective pressures can favor generalist phenotypes evolving under strong stabilizing selection. Our results are consistent with these expectations, suggesting that the equivocal findings of studies examining the role of gene flow in an adaptive context may be explained by ecological specialization theory.
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- Mark J Margres
- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.,School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.,Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.,Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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- Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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Sakata Y, Craig TP, Itami JK, Ikemoto M, Utsumi S, Ohgushi T. Evolutionary and environmental effects on the geographical adaptation of herbivory resistance in native and introduced Solidago altissima populations. Evol Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10682-018-9954-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Wininger K, Rank N. Evolutionary dynamics of interactions between plants and their enemies: comparison of herbivorous insects and pathogens. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2017; 1408:46-60. [PMID: 29125186 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Revised: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Plants colonized land over 400 million years ago. Shortly thereafter, organisms began to consume terrestrial plant tissue as a nutritional resource. Most plant enemies are plant pathogens or herbivores, and they impose natural selection for plants to evolve defenses. These traits generate selection pressures on enemies. Coevolution between terrestrial plants and their enemies is an important element of the evolutionary history of both groups. However, coevolutionary studies of plant-pathogen interactions have tended to focus on different research topics than plant-herbivore interactions. Specifically, studies of plant-pathogen interactions often adopt a "gene-for-gene" conceptual framework. In contrast, studies of plants and herbivores often investigate escalation or elaboration of plant defense and herbivore adaptations to overcome it. The main exceptions to the general pattern are studies that focus on small, sessile herbivores that share many features with plant pathogens, studies that incorporate both herbivores and pathogens into a single investigation, and studies that test aspects of Thompson's geographic mosaic theory for coevolution. We discuss the implications of these findings for future research.
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- Kerry Wininger
- Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
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- Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
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Lively CM. Habitat Heterogeneity, Host Population Structure, and Parasite Local Adaptation. J Hered 2017; 109:29-37. [DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esx100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Nuismer SL. Rethinking Conventional Wisdom: Are Locally Adapted Parasites Ahead in the Coevolutionary Race? Am Nat 2017; 190:584-593. [PMID: 28937821 DOI: 10.1086/693455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The metaphors of the Red Queen and the arms race have inspired a large amount of research aimed at understanding the process of antagonistic coevolution between hosts and parasites. One approach that has been heavily used is to estimate the strength of parasite local adaptation using a reciprocal cross infection or transplant study. These studies frequently conclude that the locally adapted species is ahead in the coevolutionary race. Here, I use mathematical models to decompose parasite infectivity into components attributable to local versus global adaptation and to develop a robust index of which species is ahead in the coevolutionary race, which I term coevolutionary advantage. Computer simulations of coevolving host-parasite interactions demonstrate that because the magnitudes of local and global adaptation are largely independent, the link between the sign of local adaptation and coevolutionary advantage is tenuous. A consequence of the weak coupling between local adaptation and coevolutionary advantage is that the bulk of existing empirical studies do not sample enough populations for any reliable conclusions to be drawn. Together, these results suggest that the long-standing conventional wisdom holding that locally adapted parasites are ahead in the coevolutionary race should be reconsidered.
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Nuismer SL, Jenkins CE, Dybdahl MF. Identifying coevolving loci using interspecific genetic correlations. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:6894-6903. [PMID: 28904769 PMCID: PMC5587482 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Revised: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Evaluating the importance of coevolution for a wide range of evolutionary questions, such as the role parasites play in the evolution of sexual reproduction, requires that we understand the genetic basis of coevolutionary interactions. Despite its importance, little progress has been made identifying the genetic basis of coevolution, largely because we lack tools designed specifically for this purpose. Instead, coevolutionary studies are often forced to re-purpose single species techniques. Here, we propose a novel approach for identifying the genes mediating locally adapted coevolutionary interactions that relies on spatial correlations between genetic marker frequencies in the interacting species. Using individual-based multi-locus simulations, we quantify the performance of our approach across a range of coevolutionary genetic models. Our results show that when one species is strongly locally adapted to the other and a sufficient number of populations can be sampled, our approach accurately identifies functionally coupled host and parasite genes. Although not a panacea, the approach we outline here could help to focus the search for coevolving genes in a wide variety of well-studied systems for which substantial local adaptation has been demonstrated.
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- School of Biological SciencesWashington State UniversityPullmanWAUSA
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Sánchez AM, Alonso-Valiente P, Albert MJ, Escudero A. How might edaphic specialists in gypsum islands respond to climate change? Reciprocal sowing experiment to infer local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2017; 120:135-146. [PMID: 28510631 PMCID: PMC5737687 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcx046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity are considered key mechanisms for coping with climate warming, especially for plant species that inhabit island-like habitats. In Spain a complete guild of edaphic specialists, most of them threatened, occurs in gypsum outcrops, but how these species will respond to climate change has received little attention. METHODS A reciprocal sowing experiment was performed to determine the extent of local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in five gypsophytes with contrasting distributions along a climate gradient. Germination, seedling growth and survival were recorded during a 4-year period. KEY RESULTS Plants responded plastically according to their positions along the regional climate gradient, as well as locally between matched locations. All species exhibited highly plastic responses and stress-tolerant behaviours, especially in terms of seedling survival during summer drought. However, no evidence of local adaptation was detected in any of the locations, where local individuals never performed better than those from other sites. In some sites, both germination and seedling recruitment were higher irrespective of parent plant origin. CONCLUSIONS The lack of local adaptation to drought displayed at the regeneration stage indicates limited capacity for in situ genetic response to new climate scenarios. Nevertheless, a plastic response along the climatic gradient does suggest a wider species-level capacity to enable these edaphic specialists to cope with increasing aridity over coming decades.
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- Ana M. Sánchez
- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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Mursinoff S, Tack AJM. Spatial variation in soil biota mediates plant adaptation to a foliar pathogen. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 214:644-654. [PMID: 28042886 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Theory suggests that below-ground spatial heterogeneity may mediate host-parasite evolutionary dynamics and patterns of local adaptation, but this has rarely been tested in natural systems. Here, we test experimentally for the impact of spatial variation in the abiotic and biotic soil environment on the evolutionary outcome of the interaction between the host plant Plantago lanceolata and its specialist foliar pathogen Podosphaera plantaginis. Plants showed no adaptation to the local soil environment in the absence of natural enemies. However, quantitative, but not qualitative, plant resistance against local pathogens was higher when plants were grown in their local field soil than when they were grown in nonlocal field soil. This pattern was robust when extending the spatial scale beyond a single region, but disappeared with soil sterilization, indicating that soil biota mediated plant adaptation. We conclude that below-ground biotic heterogeneity mediates above-ground patterns of plant adaptation, resulting in increased plant resistance when plants are grown in their local soil environment. From an applied perspective, our findings emphasize the importance of using locally selected seeds in restoration ecology and low-input agriculture.
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- Sini Mursinoff
- Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, PO Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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Gurney J, Aldakak L, Betts A, Gougat-Barbera C, Poisot T, Kaltz O, Hochberg ME. Network structure and local adaptation in co-evolving bacteria-phage interactions. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:1764-1777. [PMID: 28092408 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Numerous theoretical and experimental studies have investigated antagonistic co-evolution between parasites and their hosts. Although experimental tests of theory from a range of biological systems are largely concordant regarding the influence of several driving processes, we know little as to how mechanisms acting at the smallest scales (individual molecular and phenotypic changes) may result in the emergence of structures at larger scales, such as co-evolutionary dynamics and local adaptation. We capitalized on methods commonly employed in community ecology to quantify how the structure of community interaction matrices, so-called bipartite networks, reflected observed co-evolutionary dynamics, and how phages from these communities may or may not have adapted locally to their bacterial hosts. We found a consistent nested network structure for two phage types, one previously demonstrated to exhibit arms race co-evolutionary dynamics and the other fluctuating co-evolutionary dynamics. Both phages increased their host ranges through evolutionary time, but we found no evidence for a trade-off with impact on bacteria. Finally, only bacteria from the arms race phage showed local adaptation, and we provide preliminary evidence that these bacteria underwent (sometimes different) molecular changes in the wzy gene associated with the LPS receptor, while bacteria co-evolving with the fluctuating selection phage did not show local adaptation and had partial deletions of the pilF gene associated with type IV pili. We conclude that the structure of phage-bacteria interaction networks is not necessarily specific to co-evolutionary dynamics, and discuss hypotheses for why only one of the two phages was, nevertheless, locally adapted.
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- James Gurney
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR5554, Université de Montpellier, CC065, Place E. Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR5554, Université de Montpellier, CC065, Place E. Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR5554, Université de Montpellier, CC065, Place E. Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Pavillon Marie-Victorin, 90, avenue Vincent-d'Indy, Montréal, H2V 2S9, Canada
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR5554, Université de Montpellier, CC065, Place E. Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, UMR5554, Université de Montpellier, CC065, Place E. Bataillon, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.,Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Rd., Santa Fe, NM, 87501, USA
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Kraemer SA, Boynton PJ. Evidence for microbial local adaptation in nature. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:1860-1876. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Susanne A. Kraemer
- Ashworth Laboratories; University of Edinburgh; King's Buildings EH9 3FL Edinburgh UK
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology; August-Thienemann-Str. 2 24306 Plön Germany
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Duncan AB, Dusi E, Jacob F, Ramsayer J, Hochberg ME, Kaltz O. Hot spots become cold spots: coevolution in variable temperature environments. J Evol Biol 2016; 30:55-65. [PMID: 27711983 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Antagonistic coevolution between hosts and parasites is a key process in the genesis and maintenance of biological diversity. Whereas coevolutionary dynamics show distinct patterns under favourable environmental conditions, the effects of more realistic, variable conditions are largely unknown. We investigated the impact of a fluctuating environment on antagonistic coevolution in experimental microcosms of Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 and lytic phage SBWΦ2. High-frequency temperature fluctuations caused no deviations from typical coevolutionary arms race dynamics. However, coevolution was stalled during periods of high temperature under intermediate- and low-frequency fluctuations, generating temporary coevolutionary cold spots. Temperature variation affected population density, providing evidence that eco-evolutionary feedbacks act through variable bacteria-phage encounter rates. Our study shows that environmental fluctuations can drive antagonistic species interactions into and out of coevolutionary cold and hot spots. Whether coevolution persists or stalls depends on the frequency of change and the environmental optima of both interacting players.
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- A B Duncan
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR 5554 (CC065), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR 5554 (CC065), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,Institute for Hydrobiology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR 5554 (CC065), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR 5554 (CC065), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,INRA, UMR 0320 Quantitative Genetics and Evolution, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR 5554 (CC065), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR 5554 (CC065), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Gorter FA, Scanlan PD, Buckling A. Adaptation to abiotic conditions drives local adaptation in bacteria and viruses coevolving in heterogeneous environments. Biol Lett 2016; 12:20150879. [PMID: 26888914 PMCID: PMC4780547 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Parasite local adaptation, the greater performance of parasites on their local compared with foreign hosts, has important consequences for the maintenance of diversity and epidemiology. While the abiotic environment may significantly affect local adaptation, most studies to date have failed either to incorporate the effects of the abiotic environment, or to separate them from those of the biotic environment. Here, we tease apart biotic and abiotic components of local adaptation using the bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens and its viral parasite bacteriophage Φ2. We coevolved replicate populations of bacteria and phages at three different temperatures, and determined their performance against coevolutionary partners from the same and different temperatures. Crucially, we measured performance at different assay temperatures, which allowed us to disentangle adaptation to biotic and abiotic habitat components. Our results show that bacteria and phages are more resistant and infectious, respectively, at the temperature at which they previously coevolved, confirming that local adaptation to abiotic conditions can play a crucial role in determining parasite infectivity and host resistance. Our work underlines the need to assess host–parasite interactions across multiple relevant abiotic environments, and suggests that microbial adaption to local temperatures can create ecological barriers to dispersal across temperature gradients.
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- Florien A Gorter
- Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Plant Sciences, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- ESI & CEC, Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, UK
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Gibson AL, Espeland EK, Wagner V, Nelson CR. Can local adaptation research in plants inform selection of native plant materials? An analysis of experimental methodologies. Evol Appl 2016; 9:1219-1228. [PMID: 27877201 PMCID: PMC5108214 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Local adaptation is used as a criterion to select plant materials that will display high fitness in new environments. A large body of research has explored local adaptation in plants, however, to what extent findings can inform management decisions has not been formally evaluated. We assessed local adaptation literature for six key experimental methodologies that have the greatest effect on the application of research to selecting plant materials for natural resource management: experimental environment, response variables, maternal effects, intraspecific variation, selective agents, and spatial and temporal variability. We found that less than half of experiments used reciprocal transplants or natural field conditions, which are both informative for revegetation and restoration. Population growth rate was rarely (5%) assessed, and most studies measured only single generations (96%) and ran for less than a year. Emergence and establishment are limiting factors in successful revegetation and restoration, but the majority of studies measured later life‐history stages (66%). Additionally, most studies included limited replication at the population and habitat levels and tested response to single abiotic selective factors (66%). Local adaptation research should be cautiously applied to management; future research could use alternative methodologies to allow managers to directly apply findings.
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- Alexis L Gibson
- College of Forestry and Conservation University of Montana Missoula MT USA
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- College of Forestry and Conservation University of Montana Missoula MT USA; Present address: Department of Botany and Zoology Masaryk University Kotlářská 2CZ-611 37 Brno Czech Republic
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- College of Forestry and Conservation University of Montana Missoula MT USA
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Lucey NM, Lombardi C, Florio M, DeMarchi L, Nannini M, Rundle S, Gambi MC, Calosi P. An in situ assessment of local adaptation in a calcifying polychaete from a shallow CO 2 vent system. Evol Appl 2016; 9:1054-1071. [PMID: 27695515 PMCID: PMC5039320 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Ocean acidification (OA) is likely to exert selective pressure on natural populations. Our ability to predict which marine species will adapt to OA and what underlies this adaptive potential is of high conservation and resource management priority. Using a naturally low‐pH vent site in the Mediterranean Sea (Castello Aragonese, Ischia) mirroring projected future OA conditions, we carried out a reciprocal transplant experiment to investigate the relative importance of phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation in two populations of the sessile, calcifying polychaete Simplaria sp. (Annelida, Serpulidae, Spirorbinae): one residing in low pH and the other from a nearby ambient (i.e. high) pH site. We measured a suite of fitness‐related traits (i.e. survival, reproductive output, maturation, population growth) and tube growth rates in laboratory‐bred F2 generation individuals from both populations reciprocally transplanted back into both ambient and low‐pH in situ habitats. Both populations showed lower expression in all traits, but increased tube growth rates, when exposed to low‐pH compared with high‐pH conditions, regardless of their site of origin suggesting that local adaptation to low‐pH conditions has not occurred. We also found comparable levels of plasticity in the two populations investigated, suggesting no influence of long‐term exposure to low pH on the ability of populations to adjust their phenotype. Despite high variation in trait values among sites and the relatively extreme conditions at the low pH site (pH < 7.36), response trends were consistent across traits. Hence, our data suggest that, for Simplaria and possibly other calcifiers, neither local adaptations nor sufficient phenotypic plasticity levels appear to suffice in order to compensate for the negative impacts of OA on long‐term survival. Our work also emphasizes the utility of field experiments in natural environments subjected to high level of pCO2 for elucidating the potential for adaptation to future scenarios of OA.
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- Noelle M Lucey
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Pavia PaviaItaly; Marine Environment Research Centre ENEALa SpeziaItaly; Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre Plymouth University Plymouth UK
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Pavia Pavia Italy; Marine Environment Research Centre ENEALa Spezia Italy
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- CNR-ISMARLa Spezia Italy; Department of Biology University of Aveiro Aveiro Portugal
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- Marine Environment Research Centre ENEALa SpeziaItaly; Department of Biology University of Pisa Pisa Italy
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- Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre Plymouth University Plymouth UK
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- Department Integrative Marine Ecology Villa Dohrn-Benthic Ecology Center Stazione Zoologica "Anton Dohrn" Ischia Napoli Italy
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- Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie Université du Québec à Rimouski Rimouski Quebec Canada
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Nuismer SL, Dybdahl MF. Quantifying the coevolutionary potential of multistep immune defenses. Evolution 2016; 70:282-95. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.12863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Scott L. Nuismer
- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Idaho; Moscow Idaho 83844
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- School of Biological Sciences; Washington State University; Pullman Washington 99164
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Carmona D, Fitzpatrick CR, Johnson MTJ. Fifty years of co-evolution and beyond: integrating co-evolution from molecules to species. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:5315-29. [PMID: 26394718 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Revised: 09/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/11/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Fifty years after Ehrlich and Raven's seminal paper, the idea of co-evolution continues to grow as a key concept in our understanding of organic evolution. This concept has not only provided a compelling synthesis between evolutionary biology and community ecology, but has also inspired research that extends beyond its original scope. In this article, we identify unresolved questions about the co-evolutionary process and advocate for the integration of co-evolutionary research from molecular to interspecific interactions. We address two basic questions: (i) What is co-evolution and how common is it? (ii) What is the unit of co-evolution? Both questions aim to explore the heart of the co-evolutionary process. Despite the claim that co-evolution is ubiquitous, we argue that there is in fact little evidence to support the view that reciprocal natural selection and coadaptation are common in nature. We also challenge the traditional view that co-evolution only occurs between traits of interacting species. Co-evolution has the potential to explain evolutionary processes and patterns that result from intra- and intermolecular biochemical interactions within cells, intergenomic interactions (e.g. nuclear-cytoplasmic) within species, as well as intergenomic interactions mediated by phenotypic traits between species. Research that bridges across these levels of organization will help to advance our understanding of the importance of the co-evolutionary processes in shaping the diversity of life on Earth.
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- Diego Carmona
- Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada
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Liu H, Xu Q, He P, Santiago LS, Yang K, Ye Q. Strong phylogenetic signals and phylogenetic niche conservatism in ecophysiological traits across divergent lineages of Magnoliaceae. Sci Rep 2015; 5:12246. [PMID: 26179320 PMCID: PMC4503962 DOI: 10.1038/srep12246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The early diverged Magnoliaceae shows a historical temperate-tropical distribution among lineages indicating divergent evolution, yet which ecophysiological traits are phylogenetically conserved, and whether these traits are involved in correlated evolution remain unclear. Integrating phylogeny and 20 ecophysiological traits of 27 species, from the four largest sections of Magnoliaceae, we tested the phylogenetic signals of these traits and the correlated evolution between trait pairs. Phylogenetic niche conservatism (PNC) in water-conducting and nutrient-use related traits was identified, and correlated evolution of several key functional traits was demonstrated. Among the three evergreen sections of tropical origin, Gwillimia had the lowest hydraulic-photosynthetic capacity and the highest drought tolerance compared with Manglietia and Michelia. Contrastingly, the temperate centred deciduous section, Yulania, showed high rates of hydraulic conductivity and photosynthesis at the cost of drought tolerance. This study elucidated the regulation of hydraulic and photosynthetic processes in the temperate-tropical adaptations for Magnoliaceae species, which led to strong phylogenetic signals and PNC in ecophysiological traits across divergent lineages of Magnoliaceae.
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- Hui Liu
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Guangzhou 510650, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan road 19A, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Guangzhou 510650, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan road 19A, Beijing 100049, China
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- Botany & Plant Sciences, University of California, 2150 Batchelor Hall, Riverside, CA 92521-0124, USA
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P.O. Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, Republic of Panama
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- Horticulture Center, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianyuan Road 1190, Guangzhou 510520, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xingke Road 723, Guangzhou 510650, China
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Lion S, Gandon S. Evolution of spatially structured host-parasite interactions. J Evol Biol 2015; 28:10-28. [DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Revised: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- S. Lion
- CEFE UMR 5175; CNRS - Université de Montpellier - Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier - EPHE; Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- CEFE UMR 5175; CNRS - Université de Montpellier - Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier - EPHE; Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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Heath KD, Nuismer SL. Connecting functional and statistical definitions of genotype by genotype interactions in coevolutionary studies. Front Genet 2014; 5:77. [PMID: 24782890 PMCID: PMC3990044 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Predicting how species interactions evolve requires that we understand the mechanistic basis of coevolution, and thus the functional genotype-by-genotype interactions (G × G) that drive reciprocal natural selection. Theory on host-parasite coevolution provides testable hypotheses for empiricists, but depends upon models of functional G × G that remain loosely tethered to the molecular details of any particular system. In practice, reciprocal cross-infection studies are often used to partition the variation in infection or fitness in a population that is attributable to G × G (statistical G × G). Here we use simulations to demonstrate that within-population statistical G × G likely tells us little about the existence of coevolution, its strength, or the genetic basis of functional G × G. Combined with studies of multiple populations or points in time, mapping and molecular techniques can bridge the gap between natural variation and mechanistic models of coevolution, while model-based statistics can formally confront coevolutionary models with cross-infection data. Together these approaches provide a robust framework for inferring the infection genetics underlying statistical G × G, helping unravel the genetic basis of coevolution.
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- Katy D Heath
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho Moscow, ID, USA
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Pánková H, Raabová J, Münzbergová Z. Mycorrhizal symbiosis and local adaptation in Aster amellus: a field transplant experiment. PLoS One 2014; 9:e93967. [PMID: 24709748 PMCID: PMC3977983 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 03/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Many plant populations have adapted to local soil conditions. However, the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is often overlooked in this context. Only a few studies have used reciprocal transplant experiments to study the relationships between soil conditions, mycorrhizal colonisation and plant growth. Furthermore, most of the studies were conducted under controlled greenhouse conditions. However, long-term field experiments can provide more realistic insights into this issue. We conducted a five-year field reciprocal transplant experiment to study the relationships between soil conditions, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth in the obligate mycotrophic herb Aster amellus. We conducted this study in two regions in the Czech Republic that differ significantly in their soil nutrient content, namely Czech Karst (region K) and Ceske Stredohori (region S). Plants that originated from region S had significantly higher mycorrhizal colonisation than plants from region K, indicating that the percentage of mycorrhizal colonisation has a genetic basis. We found no evidence of local adaptation in Aster amellus. Instead, plants from region S outperformed the plants from region K in both target regions. Similarly, plants from region S showed more mycorrhizal colonisation in all cases, which was likely driven by the lower nutrient content in the soil from that region. Thus, plant aboveground biomass and mycorrhizal colonisation exhibited corresponding differences between the two target regions and regions of origin. Higher mycorrhizal colonisation in the plants from region with lower soil nutrient content (region S) in both target regions indicates that mycorrhizal colonisation is an adaptive trait. However, lower aboveground biomass in the plants with lower mycorrhizal colonisation suggests that the plants from region K are in fact maladapted by their low inherent mycorrhizal colonization. We conclude that including mycorrhizal symbiosis in local adaptation studies may increase our understanding of the mechanisms by which plants adapt to their environment.
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- Hana Pánková
- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Průhonice, Czech Republic
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Roy BA, Mulder CPH. Pathogens, herbivores, and phenotypic plasticity of borealVaccinium vitis-idaeaexperiencing climate change. Ecosphere 2014. [DOI: 10.1890/es13-00271.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sternberg ED, Thomas MB. Local adaptation to temperature and the implications for vector-borne diseases. Trends Parasitol 2014; 30:115-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2013.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2013] [Revised: 12/24/2013] [Accepted: 12/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Hufford KM, Mazer SJ, Hodges SA. Genetic variation among mainland and island populations of a native perennial grass used in restoration. AOB PLANTS 2014; 6:plt055. [PMID: 24790118 PMCID: PMC3966692 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plt055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Genetic marker studies can assist restoration practice through selection of seed sources that conserve historical levels of gene diversity and population genetic differentiation. We examined genetic variation and structure within and among mainland and island populations of Elymus glaucus, a perennial bunchgrass species native to western North American grasslands that is targeted for grassland restoration. Island populations of E. glaucus represent sensitive sites and potentially distinctive seed sources for reintroduction, and little is known of their genetic composition. Genetic diversity and structure were estimated using amplified fragment length polymorphism markers for 21 populations and 416 individuals distributed across two coastal California mainland locations and three California Channel Islands. Eight primer combinations resulted in 166 markers, of which 165 (99.4 %) were polymorphic. The number of polymorphic bands was significantly greater among mainland populations relative to island sites, and locally common alleles were present for each sampled island and mainland location. Population structure was high (62.9 %), with most variation (55.8 %) distributed among populations, 7.1 % between mainland and island locations, and the remainder (37.1 %) within populations. Isolation by distance was only apparent among islands. Using marker data to recommend appropriate seed sources for restoration, E. glaucus seeds are best derived within islands with collections representing a large number of individuals from matching environments. Given the limited gene flow and prior evidence of adaptive divergence among populations of this species, regional collections are recommended in all cases to maintain diversity and to avoid long-distance introductions of highly differentiated plant material.
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- Kristina M. Hufford
- Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Present address: Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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Fialová M, Duchoslav M. Response to competition of bulbous geophyte Allium oleraceum differing in ploidy level. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2014; 16:186-196. [PMID: 23731026 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2012] [Accepted: 03/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Experimental studies that explore the possible causes of ploidy distributions and niche differentiation are rare. Increased competitive ability may be advantageous for survival in dense vegetation and may strongly affect local and regional abundances of cytotypes and potentially contribute to invasion success. We compared survival, growth and reproduction of plants originating from bulbils of three cytotypes (2n = 4x, 5x, 6x) of Allium oleraceum growing with and without a competitor (Arrhenatherum elatius). There was a strong negative effect of competition but no effect of ploidy or ploidy × competition on survivorship, height and total dry mass of A. oleraceum, i.e. no support for different competitive abilities of the ploidy levels. However, slightly different responses of populations to competition treatments within all cytotypes suggest differentiation within cytotypes. Under competition, plant survivorship was low, surviving plants were small, had low dry mass and produced neither sexual nor asexual propagules. Without competition, plant survivorship was high, and cytotypes differed in three traits after 2 year's growth: dry mass of flowers, number of flowers and ratio of the dry mass of sexual to asexual propagules all decreased with increasing ploidy level. We additionally tested tetra- and pentaploids as to whether plants originating from different types of propagule (bulbils, seeds) differ in survivorship, growth and reproduction when growing with and without a competitor. Plants originating from bulbils had higher survivorship, were more robust, flowered earlier and produced more propagules when compared to plants originating from seeds and grown without competition. Under competition, differences in performance between plants originating from seeds and bulbils mostly disappeared, with higher survivorship only for plants originating from bulbils.
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- M Fialová
- Plant Biosystematics and Ecology RG, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Plant Biosystematics and Ecology RG, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Testing for coevolutionary diversification: linking pattern with process. Trends Ecol Evol 2013; 29:82-9. [PMID: 24314843 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2013] [Revised: 11/05/2013] [Accepted: 11/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Coevolutionary diversification is cited as a major mechanism driving the evolution of diversity, particularly in plants and insects. However, tests of coevolutionary diversification have focused on elucidating macroevolutionary patterns rather than the processes giving rise to such patterns. Hence, there is weak evidence that coevolution promotes diversification. This is in part due to a lack of understanding about the mechanisms by which coevolution can cause speciation and the difficulty of integrating results across micro- and macroevolutionary scales. In this review, we highlight potential mechanisms of coevolutionary diversification, outline approaches to examine this process across temporal scales, and propose a set of minimal requirements for demonstrating coevolutionary diversification. Our aim is to stimulate research that tests more rigorously for coevolutionary diversification.
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Sternberg ED, Li H, Wang R, Gowler C, de Roode JC. Patterns of Host-Parasite Adaptation in Three Populations of Monarch Butterflies Infected with a Naturally Occurring Protozoan Disease: Virulence, Resistance, and Tolerance. Am Nat 2013; 182:E235-48. [DOI: 10.1086/673442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Heath KD, Stinchcombe JR. EXPLAINING MUTUALISM VARIATION: A NEW EVOLUTIONARY PARADOX? Evolution 2013; 68:309-17. [DOI: 10.1111/evo.12292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Katy D. Heath
- Department of Plant Biology; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; 265 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue Urbana Illinois 61801
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of Toronto; 25 Willcocks Street Toronto Ontario M5S 3B2 Canada
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Barber I. Sticklebacks as model hosts in ecological and evolutionary parasitology. Trends Parasitol 2013; 29:556-66. [PMID: 24145060 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2013.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Revised: 09/04/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The three-spined stickleback is a small teleost fish, native to coastal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, which has emerged as a key model organism in evolutionary biology and ecology. Sticklebacks possess a well-documented and experimentally amenable parasite fauna, and are well suited to both laboratory and field parasitological investigation. As a consequence, sticklebacks have been extensively used as model hosts in studies of host-parasite interactions, and these studies have provided considerable insight into the roles of parasites in ecology and evolutionary biology. In this review, I discuss key advances in our understanding of host-parasite interactions that have arisen from studies involving stickleback hosts, highlight areas of current research activity, and identify potentially promising areas for future research.
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- Iain Barber
- Department of Biology, Adrian Building, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK.
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Bocedi G, Atkins KE, Liao J, Henry RC, Travis JMJ, Hellmann JJ. Effects of local adaptation and interspecific competition on species' responses to climate change. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2013; 1297:83-97. [PMID: 23905876 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Local adaptation and species interactions have been shown to affect geographic ranges; therefore, we need models of climate impact that include both factors. To identify possible dynamics of species when including these factors, we ran simulations of two competing species using an individual-based, coupled map-lattice model using a linear climatic gradient that varies across latitude and is warmed over time. Reproductive success is governed by an individual's adaptation to local climate as well as its location relative to global constraints. In exploratory experiments varying the strength of adaptation and competition, competition reduces genetic diversity and slows range change, although the two species can coexist in the absence of climate change and shift in the absence of competitors. We also found that one species can drive the other to extinction, sometimes long after climate change ends. Weak selection on local adaptation and poor dispersal ability also caused surfing of cooler-adapted phenotypes from the expanding margin backwards, causing loss of warmer-adapted phenotypes. Finally, geographic ranges can become disjointed, losing centrally-adapted genotypes. These initial results suggest that the interplay between local adaptation and interspecific competition can significantly influence species' responses to climate change, in a way that demands future research.
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- Greta Bocedi
- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Blanquart F, Kaltz O, Nuismer SL, Gandon S. A practical guide to measuring local adaptation. Ecol Lett 2013; 16:1195-205. [PMID: 23848550 DOI: 10.1111/ele.12150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 284] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Revised: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 06/09/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Patterns of local adaptation are expected to emerge when selection is spatially heterogeneous and sufficiently strong relative to the action of other evolutionary forces. The observation of local adaptation thus provides important insight into evolutionary processes and the adaptive divergence of populations. The detection of local adaptation, however, suffers from several conceptual, statistical and methodological issues. Here, we provide practical recommendations regarding (1) the definition of local adaptation, (2) the analysis of transplant experiments and (3) the optimisation of the experimental design of local adaptation studies. Together, these recommendations provide a unified approach for measuring local adaptation and understanding the adaptive divergence of populations in a wide range of biological systems.
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- François Blanquart
- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5175, 1919 route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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