Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection
Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on Earth. Although the ecological consequences of climate change are increasingly well documented, the effects of climate on the key evolutionary process driving adaptation-natural selection-are largely unknown. We...
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ftcurtin:oai:espace.curtin.edu.au:20.500.11937/51408 2023-06-11T04:14:33+02:00 Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection Siepielski, A. Morrissey, M. Buoro, M. Carlson, S. Caruso, C. Clegg, S. Coulson, T. Di Battista, Joseph Gotanda, K. Francis, C. Hereford, J. Kingsolver, J. Augustine, K. Kruuk, L. Martin, R. Sheldon, B. Sletvold, N. Svensson, E. Wade, M. MacColl, A. 2017 restricted https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51408 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aag2773 unknown The American Association for the Advancement of Science 51238 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51408 doi:10.1126/science.aag2773 Journal Article 2017 ftcurtin https://doi.org/20.500.11937/5140810.1126/science.aag2773 2023-05-30T19:46:50Z Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on Earth. Although the ecological consequences of climate change are increasingly well documented, the effects of climate on the key evolutionary process driving adaptation-natural selection-are largely unknown. We report that aspects of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration, along with the North Atlantic Oscillation, predicted variation in selection across plant and animal populations throughout many terrestrial biomes, whereas temperature explained little variation. By showing that selection was influenced by climate variation, our results indicate that climate change may cause widespread alterations in selection regimes, potentially shifting evolutionary trajectories at a global scale. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Curtin University: espace Science 355 6328 959 962 |
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Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on Earth. Although the ecological consequences of climate change are increasingly well documented, the effects of climate on the key evolutionary process driving adaptation-natural selection-are largely unknown. We report that aspects of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration, along with the North Atlantic Oscillation, predicted variation in selection across plant and animal populations throughout many terrestrial biomes, whereas temperature explained little variation. By showing that selection was influenced by climate variation, our results indicate that climate change may cause widespread alterations in selection regimes, potentially shifting evolutionary trajectories at a global scale. |
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Siepielski, A. Morrissey, M. Buoro, M. Carlson, S. Caruso, C. Clegg, S. Coulson, T. Di Battista, Joseph Gotanda, K. Francis, C. Hereford, J. Kingsolver, J. Augustine, K. Kruuk, L. Martin, R. Sheldon, B. Sletvold, N. Svensson, E. Wade, M. MacColl, A. |
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Siepielski, A. Morrissey, M. Buoro, M. Carlson, S. Caruso, C. Clegg, S. Coulson, T. Di Battista, Joseph Gotanda, K. Francis, C. Hereford, J. Kingsolver, J. Augustine, K. Kruuk, L. Martin, R. Sheldon, B. Sletvold, N. Svensson, E. Wade, M. MacColl, A. Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection |
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Siepielski, A. Morrissey, M. Buoro, M. Carlson, S. Caruso, C. Clegg, S. Coulson, T. Di Battista, Joseph Gotanda, K. Francis, C. Hereford, J. Kingsolver, J. Augustine, K. Kruuk, L. Martin, R. Sheldon, B. Sletvold, N. Svensson, E. Wade, M. MacColl, A. |
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Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection |
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Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection |
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Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection |
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Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection |
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