Extensive standing genetic variation from a small number of founders enables rapid adaptation in Daphnia
- Anurag Chaturvedi
- Jiarui Zhou
- Joost A. M. Raeymaekers
- Till Czypionka
- Luisa Orsini
- Craig E. Jackson
- Katina I. Spanier
- Joseph R. Shaw
- John K. Colbourne
- Luc De Meester
Publication date
July 2021
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC Journal
Nature CommunicationsAbstract
Standing genetic variation allows natural populations to evolve rapidly. Genome sequences of a resurrected Daphnia population show that genetic variation carried by only five founding individuals from the regional genotype pool is enough to fuel rapid evolution in response to strong selection pressures with no evidence of genetic erosion
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