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Intermediate degrees of synergistic pleiotropy drive adaptive evolution in ecological time.
Nature ecology & evolution - 1 Oct 2017
Frachon Léa, Libourel Cyril, Villoutreix Romain, Carrère Sébastien, Glorieux Cédric, Huard-Chauveau Carine, Navascués Miguel, Gay Laurène, Vitalis Renaud, Baron Etienne, Amsellem Laurent, Bouchez Olivier, Vidal Marie, Le Corre Valérie, Roby Dominique, Bergelson Joy, Roux Fabrice
Abstract excerpt
Rapid phenotypic evolution of quantitative traits can occur within years, but its underlying genetic architecture remains uncharacterized. Here we test the theoretical prediction that genes with intermediate pleiotropy drive adaptive evolution in nature. Through a resurrection experiment, we grew Arabidopsis thaliana accessions collected across an 8-year period in six micro-habitats representative of that local...
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