Sentence examples for in the contemporary evolution from inspiring English sources
Gene flow plays an important role in the contemporary evolution of populations (Stockwell et al. 2003); however, it also has the potential to prevent adaptation to localized conditions along gradients such as those existing in coastal marshes.
The contemporary evolution of CDL in D. carinulata occurred in spite of the fact that the starting population was collected from a single location in China and probably subjected to genetic bottlenecks in the prerelease phases of the program.
Forest managers should consider adaptive management approaches that will consider the contemporary evolution of forest ecosystems in a changing environment.
O'Steen et al. [57] examined the contemporary evolution of predator escape ability in several guppy introduction experiments, including the set of populations we utilized here.
Here we examined the effect of predator release on the contemporary evolution of morphology and feeding performance in an experimentally introduced guppy population.
To assess how selection on migrants may have influenced the population dynamics of recovery, we must consider how local populations would have responded in the absence of migrants or in the absence of contemporary evolution.
For example, Heath et al. (2003) found evidence that fecundity selection in salmon may result in contemporary evolution of egg size in hatchery populations, and egg size is a major determinant of fry size.
Here, we review the theoretical and empirical advances that enable an understanding of links between population abundance and evolution, and evaluate the potential role of such links in salmonid contemporary evolution.
A major challenge for studies in contemporary evolution is the role of epigenetic inheritance.
