Rapid evolution of dispersal ability makes biological invasions faster and more variable.

doi:10.1038/ncomms14315

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Rapid evolution of dispersal ability makes biological invasions faster and more variable.

Nature communications - 27 Jan 2017

Ochocki Brad M, Miller Tom E X

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Genetic variation in dispersal ability may result in the spatial sorting of alleles during range expansion. Recent theory suggests that spatial sorting can favour the rapid evolution of life history traits at expanding fronts, and therefore modify the ecological dynamics of range expansion. Here we test this prediction by disrupting spatial sorting in replicated invasions of the bean beetle Callosobruchus...

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Animals
Biological Evolution
Climate Change
Coleoptera
Female
Genetic Variation
Introduced Species
Male
Models, Biological
Population Dynamics
Time Factors

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PMID: 28128215
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14315
PMCID: PMC5290149

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