A climate for contemporary evolution |
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Authors: | David Skelly |
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Institution: | (1) School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 195 Prospect Street, 06511 New Haven, CT, USA |
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Abstract: | A new study of divergence in freshwater fish provides strong evidence of rapid, temperature-mediated adaptation. This study
is particularly important in the ongoing debate over the extent and significance of evolutionary response to climate change
because divergence has occurred in relatively few generations in spite of ongoing gene flow and in the aftermath of a significant
genetic bottleneck, factors that have previously been considered obstacles to evolution. Climate change may thus be more likely
to foster contemporary evolutionary responses than has been anticipated, and I argue here for the importance of investigating
their possible occurrence. |
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