Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection

Siepielski, Adam M., Morrissey, Michael B., Buoro, Mathieu, Carlson, Stephanie M., Caruso, Christina M., Clegg, Sonya M., Coulson, Tim, DiBattista, Joseph, Gotanda, Kiyoko M., Francis, Clinton D., Hereford, Joe, Kingsolver, Joel G., Augustine, Kate E., Kruuk, Loeske E.B., Martin, Ryan A., Sheldon, Ben C., Sletvold, Nina, Svensson, Erik I., Wade, Michael J. and MacColl, Andrew D.C. (2017) Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection. Science, 355 (6328). pp. 959-962. ISSN 1095-9203

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Abstract

Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on Earth. While the ecological consequences of climate change are increasingly well documented, the effects of climate on the key evolutionary process driving adaptation—natural selection—is largely unknown. We report that aspects of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration, along with the North Atlantic Oscillation, predicted variation in selection across plant and animal populations throughout many terrestrial biomes, whereas temperature explained little variation. By showing that selection was influenced by climate variation, our results indicate that climate change may cause widespread alterations in selection regimes, potentially shifting evolutionary trajectories at a global scale.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/848321
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Life Sciences
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aag2773
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 06 Mar 2017 11:09
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 18:36
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/41079

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