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Adaptive landscape genetics: pitfalls and benefits
Author(s) -
PARISOD CHRISTIAN,
HOLDEREGGER ROLF
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
molecular ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.619
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1365-294X
pISSN - 0962-1083
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05675.x
Subject(s) - biology , adaptation (eye) , variation (astronomy) , genetic variation , field (mathematics) , population genetics , ecological genetics , adaptive evolution , quantitative genetics , data science , evolutionary biology , ecology , population , computer science , genetics , sociology , demography , physics , mathematics , neuroscience , astrophysics , pure mathematics , gene
Landscape genetics offers a promising framework for assessing the interactions between the environment and adaptive genetic variation in natural populations. A recent workshop held at the University of Neuchatel brought together leading experts in this field to address current insights and future research directions in adaptive landscape genetics. Considerable amounts of genetic and/or environmental data can now be collected, but the forthcoming challenge is to do more with such manna. This requires a markedly better understanding of the genetic variation that is adaptive and prompts for advances in information management together with the development of a balance between theory and data. Moreover, showing the links between landscapes and adaptive genetic variation will ultimately move the field beyond association studies.