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Genomic and phenotypic evolution of Escherichia coli in a novel citrate-only resource environment
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Data from: Phenotypic plasticity facilitates initial colonization of a novel environment
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Data from: Behavioural and fitness effects of translocation to a novel environment: whole-lake experiments in two aquatic top predators
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Data from: Population climatic history predicts phenotypic responses in novel environments for Arabidopsis thaliana in North America
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Evolution in novel environments: do restored prairie populations experience strong selection?
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Data and code for: Does the definition of a novel environment affect the ability to detect cryptic genetic variation?
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Comparing raccoon MHC diversity in native and introduced ranges: evidence for the importance of functional immune diversity for adaptation and survival in novel environments.
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On the fast track: Hybrids adapt more rapidly than parental populations in a novel environment
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Novel environments induce variability in fitness-related traits
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Data from: Different genetic basis for ADH activity and plasticity in a novel alcohol environment for Drosophila melanogaster
Phenotypic plasticity is known to enhance population persistence (Wang and Althoff, 2019), facilitate adaptive evolution (Levis et al., 2018), and initiate novel phenotypes in novel environments (Levis and Pfennig, 2016). How plasticity can contribute or hinder adaptation to different environments hinges on its genetic architecture. Even though plasticity in many traits is genetically controlled, whether and how plasticity's genetic architecture might change in novel environments is still unclear. Because much of gene expression can be environmentally influenced, each environment may trigger different sets of genes that influence a trait. Using a quantitative trait loci (QTL) approach, we investigated the genetic basis of plasticity in a classic functional trait, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) activity in D. melanogaster, across both historical and novel alcohol environments. Previous research in D. melanogaster has also demonstrated that ADH activity is plastic in response to alcohol concentration in substrates used by both adult flies and larvae. We found that across all environments tested, ADH activity was largely influenced by a single QTL encompassing the Adh coding gene and its known regulatory locus, delta-1. After controlling for the allelic variation of the Adh and delta-1 loci, we found additional but different minor QTLs in the 0% and 14% alcohol environments. In contrast, we discovered no major QTL for plasticity itself, including the Adh locus, regardless of the environmental gradients. This suggests that plasticity in ADH activity is likely influenced by many loci with small effects and that the Adh locus is not environmentally sensitive to dietary alcohol.
Data from: The third dimension: a novel set-up for filming coelacanths in their natural environment
Here, we describe a novel design to obtain three-dimensional data on the movements of aquatic organisms at depths of up to 140 m. The set-up consists of two synchronized high-speed cameras fixed to two articulated arms. The set-up was successfully used to film and quantify the locomotion of coelacanths Latimeria chalumnae living at a depth of about 120 m in Sodwana Bay, South Africa. As an example, the detailed motion of the dorsal fin is presented here. This set-up can be used for any underwater applications that require synchronized video recordings of medium- to large-sized animals.
Data from: Niche differentiation and colonization of a novel environment by an asexual parasitic wasp.
How do asexual taxa become adapted to a diversity of environments, and how do they persist despite changing environmental conditions? These questions are linked by their mutual focus on the relationship between genetic variation, which is often limited in asexuals, and the ability to respond to environmental variation. Asexual taxa originating from a single ancestor present a unique opportunity to assess rates of phenotypic and genetic change when access to new genetic variation is limited to mutation. Diachasma muliebre is an asexual Hymenopteran wasp that is geographically and genetically isolated from all sexual relatives. D. muliebre attack larvae of the western cherry fruit fly (Rhagoletis indifferens), which in turn feed inside bitter cherry fruit (Prunus emarginata) in August and September. R. indifferens has recently colonized a new host plant with an earlier fruiting phenology (June/July), domesticated sweet cherries (P. avium), and D. muliebre has followed its host into this temporally earlier niche. We tested three hypotheses: 1) that all D. muliebre lineages originate from a single asexual ancestor; 2) that different D. muliebre lineages (as defined by unique mtDNA haplotypes) have differentiated on their ancestral host in an important life-history trait, eclosion timing; and 3) that early-eclosing lineages have preferentially colonized the new sweet cherry niche. We find that mitochondrial COI and microsatellite data provide strong support for a single ancestral origin for all lineages. Furthermore, COI sequencing revealed five mitochondrial haplotypes among D. muliebre, and individual wasps possessing one distinctive mitochondrial haplotype (haplotype II) eclosed as reproductive adults significantly earlier than wasps with all other haplotypes. In addition, this early-eclosing lineage of D. muliebre is one of two lineages that have colonized the P. avium habitat, consistent with the preferential colonization hypothesis. These data suggest that D. muliebre has evolved adaptive phenotypic variation despite limited genetic variation, and that this variation has subsequently allowed an expansion of some wasps into a novel habitat. The D. muliebre system may allow for in-depth study of adaptation and long-term persistence of asexual taxa.
Data from: Effect of epistasis and environment on flowering time of barley reveals novel flowering-delaying QTL allele
Flowering time is a complex trait and has key role in crop yield and adaptation to environmental stressors such as heat and drought. The aim of this study was to better understand interconnected dynamic of epistasis and environment and look for novel regulators. For this purpose we investigated 534 spring barley MAGIC DH lines for flowering time at various environments. Analysis of QTL, epistatic interaction, QTL × environment (Q×E) and epistasis × environment (E×E) interactions were performed with single SNP and haplotype approaches. In total, 18 QTL and 2,420 epistatic interactions were detected including intervals harboring major genes such as Ppd-H1, Vrn-H1, Vrn-H3 and denso/swd1. Epistatic interactions found in field and semi-controlled conditions were distinctive. Q×E and E×E interactions revealed that temperature influenced flowering time by triggering different interactions between known and newly-detected regulators. A novel flowering-delaying QTL allele could be identified on chromosome 1H (named "HvHeading") that was shown to be engaged in epistatic and environment interactions. Results suggest that investigating epistasis, environment and their interactions, rather than only single QTL is an effective approach for detecting novel regulators. We assume that barley can adapt the time of flowering to the environment through alternative routes within the pathway.
Data from: Adaptation to a novel family environment involves both apparent and cryptic phenotypic changes
Cryptic evolution occurs when evolutionary change is masked by concurrent environmental change. In most cases, evolutionary changes in the phenotype are masked by changing abiotic factors. However, evolutionary change in one trait might also be masked by evolutionary change in another trait, a phenomenon referred to as evolutionary environmental deterioration. Nevertheless, detecting this second type of cryptic evolution is challenging and there are few compelling examples. Here, we describe a likely case of evolutionary environmental deterioration occurring in experimental burying beetle (Nicrophorus vespilloides) populations that are adapting to a novel social environment that lacks post-hatching parental care. We found that populations rapidly adapted to the removal of post-hatching parental care. This adaptation involved clear increases in breeding success and larval density (number of dispersing larvae produced per gram of breeding carcass), which in turn masked a concurrent increase in the mean larval mass across generations. This cryptic increase in larval mass was accomplished through a change in the reaction norm that relates mean larval mass to larval density. Our results suggest that cryptic evolution might be commonplace in animal families, because evolving trophic and social interactions can potentially mask evolutionary change in other traits, like body size.
Data from: Repeated evolution of amphibious behavior in fish and its implications for the colonization of novel environments
We know little about on how frequently transitions into new habitats occur, especially the colonization of novel environments that are the most likely to instigate adaptive evolution. One of the most extreme ecological transitions has been the shift in habitat associated with the move from water to land by amphibious fish. We provide the first phylogenetic investigation of these transitions for living fish. Thirty-three families have species reported to be amphibious and these are likely independent evolutionary origins of fish emerging onto land. Phylogenetic reconstructions of closely related taxa within one of these families, the Blenniidae, inferred as many as seven convergences on a highly amphibious lifestyle. Taken together, there appear to be few constraints on fish emerging onto land given amphibious behavior has evolved repeatedly many times across ecologically diverse families. The colonization of novel habitats by other taxa resulting in less dramatic changes in environment should be equally, if not, more frequent in nature, providing an important prerequisite for subsequent adaptive differentiation.
Spatiotemporal interactions of a novel mesocarnivore community in an urban environment before and during SARS‐CoV‐2 lockdown
<p>1. Studying species interactions and niche segregation under human pressure provides important insights into species adaptation, community functioning and ecosystem stability. Due to their high plasticity in behaviour and diet, urban mesocarnivores are ideal species for studying community assembly in novel communities.</p> <p>2. We analysed the spatial and temporal species interactions of an urban mesocarnivore community composed of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and the marten (Martes sp.) as native species, the raccoon (Procyon lotor) as invasive species, and the cat (Felis catus) as a domestic species in combination with human disturbance modulated by the SARS-CoV-2 lockdown effect that happened while the study was conducted.</p> <p>3. We analysed camera-trap data and applied a joint species distribution model to understand not only the environmental variables influencing the detection of mesocarnivores and their use intensity of environmental features but also the species' co-occurrences while accounting for environmental variables. We then assessed whether they displayed temporal niche partitioning based on activity analyses, and finally analysed at a smaller temporal scale the time of delay after the detection of another focal species.</p> <p>4. We found that species were more often detected and displayed a higher use intensity in gardens during the SARS-CoV-2 lockdown period, while showing a shorter temporal delay during the same period, meaning a high human-induced spatio-temporal overlap. All three wild species spatially co-occurred within the urban area, with a positive response of raccoons to cats in detection and use intensity, whereas foxes showed a negative trend towards cats. When assessing the temporal partitioning, we found that all wild species showed overlapping nocturnal activities. All species displayed temporal segregation based on temporal delay. According to the temporal delay analyses, cats were the species avoided the most by all wild species. To conclude, we found that although the wild species were positively associated in space, the avoidance occurred at a smaller temporal scale, and human pressure in addition led to high spatio-temporal overlap.</p> <p>5. Our study sheds light to the complex patterns underlying the interactions in a mesocarnivore community both spatially and temporally, and the exacerbated effect of human pressure on community dynamics.</p>
Fluctuating exposures to UV radiation and Erythromycin result in increased mean and variance in fitness in novel environments
<p>List of non-synonymous mutations identified in populations subjected to UV radiation and Erythromycin. Mutations identified in whole-population as well as in sub-populations resistant to either rifampicin or nalidixic acid are listed in separate files.</p>
Videos belonging to Manuscript:"Prior experience of captivity affects behavioural responses to 'novel' environments"
<p>Three one minute video clips to show the different behaviours measured on wild caught great tits (<em>Parus major</em>):</p> <p>1) in the exploration room (RoomExploration_1minclip_bird676935V)</p> <p>2) in the exploration cage (Exploration_cage_1minclip_G373)</p> <p>3) the social response behaviour towards a mirror (Mirror_cage_1minclip_G373)</p> <p> </p> <p><em>Ethics</em></p> <p>All experiments complied with Finnish law on animal experimentations. Permits for the capture and use of great tits in experiments were granted by the Central Finland Centre for Economic Development Transport and Environment (ELY; VARELY/294/2015) and licensed from the National Animal Experiment Board (ESAVI/9114/04.10.07/2014).</p>
Data and R-code belonging to Manuscript: "Prior experience of captivity affects behavioural responses to 'novel' environments"
<p>Data and R-code belonging to Manuscript:"Prior experience of captivity affects behavioural responses to 'novel' environments" </p> <p>1) the data can be found in an excel file named: datafile_explorationGT2022.xlsx</p> <p>2) the R-code used to do the analysis in the MS can be found in an R-markdown file: Rmd_file_MS_GTexploration_R2.Rmd</p>
Validation of a Novel Smartphone-based Method for Heart Rhythm Monitoring in the Home Environment
ClinicalTrials.gov study NCT04300270. IPD Sharing: Not stated. Countries: 1. Publications: 1.
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