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The ability of organisms to respond evolutionarily to rapid climatic change is poorly known. Secondary sexual characters show the potential for rapid evolutionary change, as evidenced by strong divergence among species and high evolvability. Here we show that the length of the outermost tail feathers of males of the socially monogamous barn swallow Hirundo rustica, feathers that provide a mating advantage to males, has increased by more than 1 standard deviation during the period from 1984 to 2003. Barn swallows from the Danish population studied here migrate through the Iberian Peninsula to South Africa in fall, and return along the same route in spring. Environmental conditions on the spring staging grounds in Algeria, as indexed by the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, predicted tail length and change in tail length across generations. However, conditions in the winter quarters and at the breeding grounds did not predict change in tail length. Environmental conditions in Algeria in spring showed a temporal deterioration during the study period, associated with a reduction in annual survival rate of male barn swallows. Phenotypic plasticity in tail length of males, estimated as the increase in tail length from the age of 1 to 2 years, decreased during the course of the study. Estimates of directional selection differentials for male tail length with respect to mating success, breeding date, fecundity, survival and total selection showed temporal variation, with the intensity of breeding date selection, survival selection and total selection declining during the study. Response to selection as estimated from the product of heritability and total selection was very similar to the observed temporal change in tail length. These findings provide evidence of rapid micro-evolutionary change in a secondary sexual character during a very short time period, which is associated with a rapid change in environmental conditions.
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- A P Møller
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive, CNRS UMR 7103, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris Cedex, France.
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Alatalo RV, Aragón S, Avilés JM, Barbosa A, Gomes CB, Cadée N, Christe P, Cuervo JJ, Díaz M, Erritzøe J, Galeotti P, Garamszegi LZ, Gil D, Gontard-Danek M, Legendre S, Martin TE, Martínez J, Martín-Vivaldi M, Martínez JG, Merino S, Moreno J, Mousseau T, Ninni P, Petrie M, Pulido F, Rubolini D, Saino N, Soler JJ, Soler M, Spottiswoode C, Szép T, Thornhill R, Zamora C, Sacchi R. Support for a Colleague. Science 2004. [DOI: 10.1126/science.303.5664.1612a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- R. V. Alatalo
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Survontie 9, Jyväskylä, 40500 Finland
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- Laboratoire Endocrinologie Moléculaire, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Bât. A, 5ème étage, case courrier 29, 7 Quai Saint Bernard, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (CSIC), Calle General Segura 1, Almería, E-04001 Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (CSIC), Calle General Segura 1, Almería, E-04001 Spain
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie Évolutive, CNRS UMR 7103, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), 7 Quai St Bernard, CC 237, Bât. A, 7ème étage, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Institute of Ecology, Laboratory of Zoology and Animal Ecology, University of Lausanne, Biology Building, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (CSIC), Calle General Segura 1, Almería, E-04001 Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente, Universidad Castilla La Mancha, E-45071 Toledo, Spain
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- House of Bird Research, Taps Old Rectory, Oedisvej 43, Taps, DK-6070 Christiansfeld, Denmark
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- Dipartimento de Biologia Animale, Lab Ecoetol, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Piazza Botta 9, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, UIA Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Departamento Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, José Gutierrez Abascal 2, Madrid, E-28006 Spain
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie Évolutive, CNRS UMR 7103, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), 7 Quai St Bernard, CC 237, Bât. A, 7ème étage, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie, Eco-Evolutionary Team, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Avian Studies Program, Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Alcalá, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Animal y Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, E-18071 Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Animal y Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, E-18071 Spain
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- Departamento Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, José Gutierrez Abascal 2, Madrid, E-28006 Spain
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- Departamento Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, José Gutierrez Abascal 2, Madrid, E-28006 Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Laboratoire de Parasitologie Évolutive, CNRS UMR 7103, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), 7 Quai St Bernard, CC 237, Bât. A, 7ème étage, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Department of Psychology, Evolution and Behavioral Research Group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE1 4HH UK
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- Grupo de Investigación Forestal, Departamento de Biología y Producción de los Vegetales, EIT Forestal, Universidad de Extremadura, Avenida Virgen del Puerto, 2, 10600 Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain
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- Dipartimento de Biologia Animale, Lab Ecoetol, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Piazza Botta 9, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Milano, Milan, I-20133 Italy
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- Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (CSIC), Calle General Segura 1, Almería, E-04001 Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Animal y Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, E-18071 Spain
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Nyíregyháza, Nyíregyháza, H-4401 Hungary
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- Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Departamento de Biología Animal y Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, E-18071 Spain
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- Dipartimento de Biologia Animale, Lab Ecoetol, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Piazza Botta 9, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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Alatalo RV, Aragón S, Avilés JM, Barbosa A, Gomes CB, Cadée N, Christe P, Cuervo JJ, Díaz M, Erritzøe J, Galeotti P, Garamszegi LZ, Gil D, Gontard-Danek M, Legendre S, Martin TE, Martínez J, Martín-Vivaldi M, Martínez JG, Merino S, Moreno J, Mousseau T, Ninni P, Petrie M, Pulido F, Rubolini D, Saino N, Soler JJ, Soler M, Spottiswoode C, Szép T, Thornhill R, Zamora C, Sacchi R. Corrections and Clarifications. Science 2004; 303:1612. [PMID: 15016981 DOI: 10.1126/science.303.5664.1612b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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