PMID: 15341152Sep 3, 2004Paper

Convergence to a novel environment: comparative method versus experimental evolution

Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution
Margarida MatosMichael R Rose

Abstract

Laboratory adaptation allows researchers to contrast temporal studies of experimental evolution with comparative studies. The comparative method is here taken to mean the inference of microevolutionary processes from comparisons among contemporaneous populations of diverse origins, from one or multiple species. The data contrasted here come from Drosophila subobscura populations that were introduced to the laboratory at several different times and from two different locations. Two questions were addressed. First, can we correctly infer evolutionary dynamics from comparative data collected simultaneously from disparate populations? In most cases, we could, except for the character of starvation resistance. Second, are the evolutionary dynamics inferred from the comparative approach similar to those revealed by temporal studies of experimental evolution? For fecundity characters, they were. Overall the results show that both comparative and temporal studies are useful, though the former can be uninformative for characters with complex evolutionary trajectories.

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Citations

Dec 29, 2013·Journal of Genetics·Laurence D MuellerMichael R Rose
May 27, 2010·Theory in Biosciences = Theorie in Den Biowissenschaften·Margarida Matos
Jun 10, 2010·Theory in Biosciences = Theorie in Den Biowissenschaften·Marta SantosMargarida Matos
May 3, 2014·PloS One·Inês FragataMargarida Matos
Dec 3, 2015·Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution·Inês FragataMargarida Matos
Aug 25, 2012·Trends in Ecology & Evolution·Sara Magalhães, Margarida Matos
Mar 14, 2007·Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution·Christian O Marks
Feb 20, 2007·Journal of Evolutionary Biology·P SimõesM Matos
Feb 1, 2011·Biological Journal of the Linnean Society·Alexandros D DiamantidisNikos T Papadopoulos
Mar 13, 2016·Journal of Evolutionary Biology·J SantosM Matos
Mar 6, 2018·Journal of Economic Entomology·Ary A Hoffmann, Perran A Ross

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