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Nutrients from salmon parents alter selection pressures on their offspring.
Ecology letters - 1 Feb 2018
Auer Sonya K, Anderson Graeme J, McKelvey Simon, Bassar Ronald D, McLennan Darryl, Armstrong John D, Nislow Keith H, Downie Helen K, McKelvey Lynn, Morgan Thomas A J, Salin Karine, Orrell Danielle L, Gauthey Alice, Reid Thomas C, Metcalfe Neil B
Abstract excerpt
Organisms can modify their surrounding environment, but whether these changes are large enough to feed back and alter their evolutionary trajectories is not well understood, particularly in wild populations. Here we show that nutrient pulses from decomposing Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parents alter selection pressures on their offspring with important consequences for their phenotypic and genetic diversity. We...
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