The genomic secrets of invasive plants
New Phytologist,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 2, 2025
Summary
Genomics
has
revolutionised
the
study
of
invasive
species,
allowing
evolutionary
biologists
to
dissect
mechanisms
invasion
in
unprecedented
detail.
Botanical
research
played
an
important
role
these
advances,
driving
much
what
we
currently
know
about
key
determinants
success
(e.g.
hybridisation,
whole‐genome
duplication).
Despite
this,
a
comprehensive
review
plant
genomics
been
lacking.
Here,
aim
address
this
gap,
highlighting
recent
discoveries
that
have
helped
progress
field.
For
example,
by
leveraging
natural
and
experimental
populations,
botanical
confirmed
importance
large‐effect
standing
variation
during
adaptation
species.
Further,
genomic
investigations
plants
are
increasingly
revealing
large
structural
variants,
as
well
genetic
changes
induced
duplication
such
redundancy
or
breakdown
dosage‐sensitive
reproductive
barriers,
can
play
adaptive
evolution
invaders.
However,
numerous
questions
remain,
including
when
chromosomal
inversions
might
help
hinder
invasions,
whether
gene
reuse
is
common
epigenetically
mutations
underpin
plasticity
populations.
We
conclude
other
outstanding
studies
poised
answer.
Language: Английский
Eco-evolutionary dynamics in changing environments: integrating theory with data
Louise Fouqueau,
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Jitka Polechová
No information about this author
Journal of Evolutionary Biology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
37(6), P. 579 - 587
Published: June 1, 2024
Language: Английский
Impacts of pleiotropy and migration on repeated genetic adaptation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Sept. 13, 2021
Abstract
Observations
of
genetically
repeated
evolution
(repeatability)
in
complex
organisms
are
incongruent
with
the
Fisher-Orr
model,
which
implies
that
use
same
gene
should
be
rare
when
mutations
pleiotropic
(i.e.,
affect
multiple
traits).
When
spatially
divergent
selection
occurs
presence
migration,
large
effect
more
strongly
favoured,
and
hence
repeatability
is
likely,
but
it
unclear
whether
this
observation
limited
by
pleiotropy.
Here,
we
explore
question
using
individual-based
simulations
a
two-patch
model
incorporating
quantitative
traits
governed
effects.
We
relationship
between
fitness
trade-offs
varying
alignment
mutation
spatial
variation
trait
optima.
While
decreases
increasing
dimensionality,
effects
on
do
not
limit
contribution
locus
to
adaptation,
particularly
under
increased
migration.
These
results
suggest
will
pronounced
for
local
rather
than
global
adaptation.
Whereas
pleiotropy
limits
single-population
there
adaptation
flow,
can
occur
if
some
loci
able
produce
alleles
effect,
even
trade-offs.
Article
summary
Classical
evolutionary
theory
predicts
vanishingly
where
traits.
In
article,
study
such
mutations,
their
two
patches
selection.
find
migration
increases
likelihood
evolution,
imposed
Language: Английский