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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. and Francis, Clinton D. , et al. (2017) In Science 355(6328). p.959-962
Abstract

Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on Earth. Although the ecological consequences of climate change are increasingly well documented, the effects of climate on the key evolutionary process driving adaptation - natural selection - are 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... (More)

Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on Earth. Although the ecological consequences of climate change are increasingly well documented, the effects of climate on the key evolutionary process driving adaptation - natural selection - are 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.

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355
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6328
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4 pages
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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  • scopus:85014590667
  • pmid:28254943
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0036-8075
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10.1126/science.aag2773
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English
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  author       = {{Siepielski, Adam M. and Morrissey, Michael B. and Buoro, Mathieu and Carlson, Stephanie M. and Caruso, Christina M. and Clegg, Sonya M. and Coulson, Tim and DiBattista, Joseph and Gotanda, Kiyoko M. and Francis, Clinton D. and Hereford, Joe and Kingsolver, Joel G. and Augustine, Kate E. and Kruuk, Loeske E B and Martin, Ryan A. and Sheldon, Ben C. and Sletvold, Nina and Svensson, Erik I. and Wade, Michael J. and MacColl, Andrew D C}},
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  number       = {{6328}},
  pages        = {{959--962}},
  publisher    = {{American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}},
  series       = {{Science}},
  title        = {{Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aag2773}},
  doi          = {{10.1126/science.aag2773}},
  volume       = {{355}},
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