Genetic architecture of dispersal and local adaptation drives accelerating range expansions.

Abstract excerpt

Contemporary evolution has the potential to significantly alter biotic responses to global change, including range expansion dynamics and biological invasions. Models predicting range dynamics often make highly simplifying assumptions about the genetic architecture underlying relevant traits. However, genetic architecture defines evolvability and higher-order evolutionary processes, which determine whether...

Topics

• Adaptation, Physiological
• Ecosystem
• Gene Regulatory Networks
• Humans
• Models, Genetic
• Mutation