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.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Novel variation associated with species range expansion |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2148-10-382 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-382 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2010 Buckley et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | COLOR-PATTERN MODIFICATIONS, PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY, GENETIC ASSIMILATION, ADAPTATION, EVOLUTION |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/708228 |
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