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Total Authors: 2
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Oregon, Inst Ecol & Evolut, Eugene, OR 97403 - USA
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Ecol, Inst Biosci, Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | FRONTIERS IN GENETICS; v. 12, JUL 13 2021. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
It is pressing to understand how animal populations evolve in response to climate change. We argue that new sequencing technologies and the use of historical samples are opening unprecedented opportunities to investigate genome-wide responses to changing environments. However, there are important challenges in interpreting the emerging findings. First, it is essential to differentiate genetic adaptation from phenotypic plasticity. Second, it is extremely difficult to map genotype, phenotype, and fitness. Third, neutral demographic processes and natural selection affect genetic variation in similar ways. We argue that Drosophila melanogaster, a classical model organism with decades of climate adaptation research, is uniquely suited to overcome most of these challenges. In the near future, long-term time series genome-wide datasets of D. melanogaster natural populations will provide exciting opportunities to study adaptation to recent climate change and will lay the groundwork for related research in non-model systems. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/01354-9 - Clinal variation in immune-related genes of Drosophila melanogaster |
| Grantee: | Murillo Fernando Rodrigues |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/25991-0 - Ecological genomics of insects: climate adaptations and evolution of ecological interactions |
| Grantee: | Rodrigo Cogni |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/06374-0 - Global patterns of natural variation in Drosophila melanogaster's immune genes |
| Grantee: | Murillo Fernando Rodrigues |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/02206-6 - Clinal adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster |
| Grantee: | Rodrigo Cogni |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research |