Alternative reproductive tactics increase effective population size and decrease inbreeding in wild Atlantic salmon.

abstract：:The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance is a crisis in health care today. Antibiotic resistance is often horizontally transferred to susceptible bacteria by means of multidrug resistance plasmids that may or may not persist in the absence of antibiotics. Because bacterial pathogens often grow as biofilms, th...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Ridenhour BJ,Metzger GA,France M,Gliniewicz K,Millstein J,Forney LJ,Top EM

更新日期：2017-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Changing climate and land-use practices have the potential to bring previously isolated populations of pest insects into new sympatry. This heightens the need to better understand how differing patterns of host-plant association, and unique endosymbionts, serve to promote genetic isolation or integration. We addressed...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Fu Z,Meier AR,Epstein B,Bergland AO,Castillo Carrillo CI,Cooper WR,Cruzado RK,Horton DR,Jensen AS,Kelley JL,Rashed A,Reitz SR,Rondon SI,Thinakaran J,Wenninger EJ,Wohleb CH,Crowder DW,Snyder WE

更新日期：2020-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic methodologies offer unprecedented opportunities for statistically robust studies of species broadly distributed in environments conducive to high gene flow, providing valuable information for wildlife conservation and management. Here, we sequence restriction site-associated DNA to characterize genome-wide sin...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Mamoozadeh NR,Graves JE,McDowell JR

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing the potential of marine organisms to adapt genetically to increasing oceanic CO2 levels requires proxies such as heritability of fitness-related traits under ocean acidification (OA). We applied a quantitative genetic method to derive the first heritability estimate of survival under elevated CO2 conditions ...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Malvezzi AJ,Murray CS,Feldheim KA,DiBattista JD,Garant D,Gobler CJ,Chapman DD,Baumann H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forest trees are an excellent resource from which to understand population differentiation and heterogeneous genome variation patterns due to the majority of forest trees being distributed widely and able to adapt to different climates and environments. Populus davidiana is among the most geographically widespread and...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Hou Z,Li A,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual assignment and genetic mixture analysis are commonly utilized in contemporary wildlife and fisheries management. Although microsatellite loci provide unparalleled numbers of alleles per locus, their use in assignment applications is increasingly limited. However, next-generation sequencing, in conjunction w...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Bradbury IR,Wringe BF,Watson B,Paterson I,Horne J,Beiko R,Lehnert SJ,Clément M,Anderson EC,Jeffery NW,Duffy S,Sylvester E,Robertson M,Bentzen P

更新日期：2018-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenotypic plasticity and genetic adaptation are predicted to mitigate some of the negative biotic consequences of climate change. Here, we evaluate evidence for plastic and evolutionary responses to climate variation in amphibians and reptiles via a literature review and meta-analysis. We included studies that either...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Urban MC,Richardson JL,Freidenfelds NA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inbreeding depression (reduced fitness of individuals with related parents) has long been a major focus of ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. Despite decades of research, we still have a limited understanding of the strength, underlying genetic mechanisms, and demographic consequences of inbreeding depressi...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Kardos M,Taylor HR,Ellegren H,Luikart G,Allendorf FW

更新日期：2016-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Although contemporary trends indicative of evolutionary change have been detected in the life-history traits of exploited populations, it is not known to what extent fishing influences the evolution of alternative life-history tactics in migratory species such as salmonids. Here, we build a model to predict the evolut...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Thériault V,Dunlop ES,Dieckmann U,Bernatchez L,Dodson JJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Key topics in the study of host-microbe interactions-such as the prevention of drug resistance and the exploitation of beneficial effects of bacteria-would benefit from concerted efforts with both mechanistic and evolutionary approaches. But due to differences in intellectual traditions, insights gained in one field r...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Wollein Waldetoft K,Råberg L,Lood R

更新日期：2020-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:I review theoretical models for the evolution of supergenes in the cases of Batesian mimicry in butterflies, distylous plants and sex chromosomes. For each of these systems, I outline the genetic evidence that led to the proposal that they involve multiple genes that interact during 'complex adaptations', and at which...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Charlesworth D

更新日期：2015-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern maize breeding programs gave rise to genetically uniform varieties that can affect maize's capacity to cope with increasing climate unpredictability. Maize populations, genetically more heterogeneous, can evolve and better adapt to a broader range of edaphic-climatic conditions. These populations usually suffer...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Alves ML,Belo M,Carbas B,Brites C,Paulo M,Mendes-Moreira P,Brites C,Bronze MDR,Šatović Z,Vaz Patto MC

更新日期：2017-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatial and temporal trends and variation in life-history traits, including age and length at maturation, can be influenced by environmental and anthropogenic processes, including size-selective exploitation. Spawning adults in many wild Alaskan sockeye salmon populations have become shorter at a given age over the pa...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Kendall NW,Dieckmann U,Heino M,Punt AE,Quinn TP

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human-modified habitats rarely yield outcomes that are aligned with conservation ideals. Landscapes that are subdivided by roads are no exception, precipitating negative impacts on populations due to fragmentation, pollution, and road kill. Although many populations in human-modified habitats show evidence for local a...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Brady SP,Zamora-Camacho FJ,Eriksson FAA,Goedert D,Comas M,Calsbeek R

更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:If the occurrence of cancer is the result of a random lottery among cells, then body mass, a surrogate for cells number, should predict cancer incidence. Despite some support in humans, this assertion does not hold over the range of different natural animal species where cancer incidence is known. Explaining the so-ca...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Roche B,Sprouffske K,Hbid H,Missé D,Thomas F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eco-genetic individual-based models involve tracking the ecological dynamics of simulated individual organisms that are in part characterized by heritable parameters. We developed an eco-genetic individual-based model to explore ecological and evolutionary interactions of fish growth and maturation schedules. Our mode...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Wang HY,Höök TO

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural enemies may go through genetic bottlenecks during the process of biological control introductions. Such bottlenecks are expected to be particularly detrimental in parasitoid Hymenoptera that exhibit complementary sex determination (CSD). CSD is associated with a severe form of inbreeding depression because hom...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Boer JG,Kuijper B,Heimpel GE,Beukeboom LW

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene flow from plantations of nonlocal (genetically exotic) tree provenances into natural stands of the same species is probably a widespread phenomenon, but its effects remain largely unexamined. We investigated early fitness consequences of intraspecific exotic gene flow in the wild by assessing differences in survi...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Unger GM,Heuertz M,Vendramin GG,Robledo-Arnuncio JJ

更新日期：2016-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in the evolution of invasive species has grown in recent years, yet few studies have investigated sources of variation in invasive species traits experiencing natural selection. The spiny water flea, Bythotrephes longimanus, is an invasive zooplankton in the Great Lakes that exhibits seasonal changes in tail ...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Miehls AL,Peacor SD,McAdam AG

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolution has contributed to the successful invasion of exotic plant species in their introduced ranges, but how evolution affects particular control strategies is still under evaluation. For instance, classical biological control, a common strategy involving the utilization of highly specific natural enemies to contr...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Williams WI,Friedman JM,Gaskin JF,Norton AP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens are a global crisis. Because many bacterial infections are caused by pathogens that reside in biofilms, we sought to investigate how biofilms influence the evolution of antibiotic resistance. We hypothesize that the inherent spatial structure of ...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： France MT,Cornea A,Kehlet-Delgado H,Forney LJ

更新日期：2018-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary theory can be applied to improve agricultural yields and/or sustainability, an approach we call Evolutionary Agroecology. The basic idea is that plant breeding is unlikely to improve attributes already favored by millions of years of natural selection, whereas there may be unutilized potential in selectin...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Weiner J,Andersen SB,Wille WK,Griepentrog HW,Olsen JM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrently invading pests provide unique challenges for pest management, but also present opportunities to utilize genomics to understand invasion dynamics and inform regulatory management through pathway analysis. In the southern United States, the Mexican fruit fly Anastrepha ludens is such a pest, and its incursio...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Dupuis JR,Ruiz-Arce R,Barr NB,Thomas DB,Geib SM

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the evolutionary consequences of anthropogenic change is an emerging topic in evolutionary biology. While highly sensitive species may go extinct in response to anthropogenic habitat alteration, those with broader environmental tolerances may persist and adapt to the changes. Here, we use morphological d...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Marnocha E,Pollinger J,Smith TB

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence of fishery-induced evolution has been accumulating rapidly from various avenues of investigation. Here we review the knowledge gained from experimental approaches. The strength of experiments is in their ability to disentangle genetic from environmental differences. Common garden experiments have provided dir...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Conover DO,Baumann H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene flow in crop-wild complexes between phenotypically differentiated ancestors may transfer adaptive genetic variation that alters the fecundity and, potentially, the population growth (λ) of weeds. We created biotypes with potentially invasive traits, early flowering or long leaves, in wild radish (Raphanus raphani...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Campbell LG,Teitel Z,Miriti MN

更新日期：2016-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Restoration of lost species ranges to their native distribution is key for the survival of endangered species. However, reintroductions often fail and long-term genetic consequences are poorly understood. Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) are wild goats that recovered from <100 individuals to ~50,000 within a century by popula...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Grossen C,Biebach I,Angelone-Alasaad S,Keller LF,Croll D

更新日期：2017-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary theory predicts that once an individual reaches an age of sufficiently low Darwinian fitness, (s)he will have reduced chances of keeping cancerous lesions in check. While we clearly need to better understand the emergence of precursor states and early malignancies as well as their mitigation by the microe...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Hochberg ME,Thomas F,Assenat E,Hibner U

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly implemented worldwide to maintain and restore depleted populations. However, despite our knowledge on the myriad of positive responses to protection, there are few empirical studies on the ability to conserve species' mating patterns and secondary sexual traits. In male E...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Sørdalen TK,Halvorsen KT,Vøllestad LA,Moland E,Olsen EM

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the results of a series of experiments involving Aedes aegypti and its microsporidian parasite Vavraia culicis to illustrate how intra-specific competition and parasitism shape life history traits. More specifically these experiments showed that some major components of virulence are host condition-dependent...

journal_title：Evolutionary applications

authors： Michalakis Y,Bédhomme S,Biron DG,Rivero A,Sidobre C,Agnew P

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00