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creators_name: Buckley, J
creators_name: Bridle, JR
creators_name: Pomiankowski, A
title: Novel variation associated with species range expansion
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divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: C08
divisions: D09
divisions: F99
keywords: COLOR-PATTERN MODIFICATIONS, PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY, GENETIC ASSIMILATION, ADAPTATION, EVOLUTION
note: © 2010 Buckley et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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abstract: When species shift their ranges to track climate change, they are almost certain to experience novel environments to which they are poorly adapted. Otaki and co-workers document an explosion of wing pattern variation accompanying range expansion in the pale grass blue butterfly. This pattern can be replicated in the laboratory using artificial selection on cold shocked pupae, at temperature extremes typical of recently colonized environments. We discuss how this phenotypic plasticity may be associated with successful colonization and how significant local adaptation is likely to re-establish developmental control. Integrating knowledge of trait plasticity into current genetic models of adaptation is central to our understanding of when and where a colonising population will be able to persist and adapt in novel surroundings.
date: 2010-12-09
publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-382
vfaculties: VFLS
oa_status: green
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Editorial Material
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elements_source: Web of Science
elements_id: 283792
doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-382
lyricists_name: Bridle, Jonathan
lyricists_name: Pomiankowski, Andrew
lyricists_id: JBRID88
lyricists_id: APOMI03
full_text_status: public
publication: BMC Evolutionary Biology
volume: 10
article_number: 382
issn: 1471-2148
citation:        Buckley, J;    Bridle, JR;    Pomiankowski, A;      (2010)    Novel variation associated with species range expansion.                   BMC Evolutionary Biology , 10     , Article 382.  10.1186/1471-2148-10-382 <https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-382>.       Green open access   
 
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