Open AccessLandscape evolutionary genomics
Author(s) -
David B. Lowry
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
biology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.596
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1744-957X
pISSN - 1744-9561
DOI - 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0969
Subject(s) - biology , evolutionary biology , adaptation (eye) , genomics , adaptive evolution , genome , human evolutionary genetics , genetic variation , natural selection , computational biology , ecology , gene , genetics , selection (genetic algorithm) , computer science , neuroscience , artificial intelligence
Tremendous advances in genetic and genomic techniques have resulted in the capacity to identify genes involved in adaptive evolution across numerous biological systems. One of the next major steps in evolutionary biology will be to determine how landscape-level geographical and environmental features are involved in the distribution of this functional adaptive genetic variation. Here, I outline how an emerging synthesis of multiple disciplines has and will continue to facilitate a deeper understanding of the ways in which heterogeneity of the natural landscapes mould the genomes of organisms.