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Digest: Within and between sex covariances can enhance the response to climatic selection *
Author(s) -
Sztepanacz Jacqueline L.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/evo.13891
Subject(s) - cline (biology) , biology , selection (genetic algorithm) , evolutionary biology , adaptation (eye) , genetic variation , disruptive selection , natural selection , genetics , machine learning , demography , computer science , gene , population , neuroscience , sociology
Do genetic covariances promote or impede rapid adaptation to changing environments? Hangartner et al. found that genetic covariances among traits and between sexes aligned with the inferred direction of selection along a latitudinal cline, suggesting that genetic covariances can augment the evolutionary response to climatic selection.