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UNVEILing connections between genotype, phenotype, and fitness in natural populations
Author(s) -
Nelson Thomas C.,
Jones Matthew R.,
Velotta Jonathan P.,
Dhawanjewar Abhilesh S.,
Schweizer Rena M.
Publication year - 2019
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/mec.15067
Subject(s) - biology , evolutionary biology , natural selection , human evolutionary genetics , population genetics , population biology , evolutionary ecology , population , conservation genetics , ecology , genetics , demography , phylogenetics , sociology , gene , allele , microsatellite , host (biology)
Understanding the links between genetic variation and fitness in natural populations is a central goal of evolutionary genetics. This monumental task spans the fields of classical and molecular genetics, population genetics, biochemistry, physiology, developmental biology, and ecology. Advances to our molecular and developmental toolkits are facilitating integrative approaches across these traditionally separate fields, providing a more complete picture of the genotype‐phenotype map in natural and non‐model systems. Here, we summarize research presented at the first annual symposium of the UNVEIL Network, an NSF‐funded collaboration between the University of Montana and the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, which took place from the 1st to the 3rd of June, 2018. We discuss how this body of work advances basic evolutionary science, what it implies for our ability to predict evolutionary change, and how it might inform novel conservation strategies.