Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals

Timothée Bonnet; Michael B Morrissey; Pierre de Villemereuil; Susan C Alberts; Peter Arcese; Liam D Bailey; Stan Boutin; Patricia Brekke; Lauren J N Brent; Glauco Camenisch; Anne Charmantier; Tim H Clutton-Brock; Andrew Cockburn; David W Coltman; Alexandre Courtiol; Eve Davidian; Simon R Evans; John G Ewen; Marco Festa-Bianchet; Christophe de Franceschi; Lars Gustafsson; Oliver P Höner; Thomas M Houslay; Lukas F Keller; Marta Manser; Andrew G Mcadam; Emily Mclean; Pirmin Nietlisbach; Helen L Osmond; Josephine M Pemberton; Erik Postma; Jane M Reid; Alexis Rutschmann; Anna W Santure; Ben C Sheldon; Jon Slate; Céline Teplitsky; Marcel E Visser; Bettina Wachter; Loeske E B Kruuk

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Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals

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Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals

Timothée Bonnet, Michael B Morrissey, Pierre de Villemereuil, Susan C Alberts, Peter Arcese, Liam D Bailey, Stan Boutin, Patricia Brekke, Lauren J N Brent, Glauco Camenisch, …

Science, Vol.376(6596), pp.1012-1016

27/05/2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abk0853

PMID: 35617403

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The rate of adaptive evolution, the contribution of selection to genetic changes that increase mean fitness, is determined by the additive genetic variance in individual relative fitness. To date, there are few robust estimates of this parameter for natural populations, and it is therefore unclear whether adaptive evolution can play a meaningful role in short-term population dynamics. We developed and applied quantitative genetic methods to long-term datasets from 19 wild bird and mammal populations and found that, while estimates vary between populations, additive genetic variance in relative fitness is often substantial and, on average, twice that of previous estimates. We show that these rates of contemporary adaptive evolution can affect population dynamics and hence that natural selection has the potential to partly mitigate effects of current environmental change.

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Title: Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals
Creators - without role: Timothée Bonnet - Australian National University
Michael B Morrissey - University of St Andrews
Pierre de Villemereuil - Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité
Susan C Alberts - Duke University
Peter Arcese - University of British Columbia
Liam D Bailey - Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Stan Boutin - University of Alberta
Patricia Brekke - Zoological Society of London
Lauren J N Brent - University of Exeter
Glauco Camenisch - University of Zurich
Anne Charmantier - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Tim H Clutton-Brock - University of Cambridge
Andrew Cockburn - Australian National University
David W Coltman - University of Alberta
Alexandre Courtiol - Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Eve Davidian - Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Simon R Evans - University of Oxford
John G Ewen - Zoological Society of London
Marco Festa-Bianchet - Université de Sherbrooke
Christophe de Franceschi - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Lars Gustafsson - Uppsala University
Oliver P Höner - Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Thomas M Houslay - University of Exeter
Lukas F Keller - University of Zurich
Marta Manser - University of Zurich
Andrew G Mcadam - University of Colorado Boulder
Emily Mclean - Emory University
Pirmin Nietlisbach - Illinois State University
Helen L Osmond - Australian National University
Josephine M Pemberton - University of Edinburgh
Erik Postma - University of Exeter
Jane M Reid - University of Aberdeen
Alexis Rutschmann - University of Auckland
Anna W Santure - University of Auckland
Ben C Sheldon - University of Oxford
Jon Slate - University of Sheffield
Céline Teplitsky - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Marcel E Visser - Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Bettina Wachter - Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Loeske E B Kruuk - University of Edinburgh
Publication Details: Science, Vol.376(6596), pp.1012-1016
Identifiers: 9934650109311
Academic Unit: Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-03785807