Metcalf C Jessica E, Mitchell-Olds Thomas
Centre for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
Ecol Lett. 2009 Jul;12(7):593-600. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01320.x. Epub 2009 May 18.
A broad research programme in Arabidopsis thaliana has provided estimates of selection on specific alleles in specific contexts, and identified geographic patterns of alleles in genes linked to timing of flowering. A closely related field has successfully captured many key axes of the evolution of timing of flowering in other monocarpic species through statistical and demographic modelling of large empirical databases. There has as yet been no synthesis between these two fields. Here we examine ways in which the two fields inform each other, and how this synergy will shape our knowledge of life-history evolution as a whole.
一项针对拟南芥的广泛研究计划已经对特定背景下特定等位基因的选择进行了估计,并确定了与开花时间相关基因中等位基因的地理分布模式。一个密切相关的领域通过对大型实证数据库进行统计和人口统计学建模,成功捕捉到了其他单次结果植物开花时间进化的许多关键方面。这两个领域迄今尚未进行综合。在这里,我们研究了这两个领域相互提供信息的方式,以及这种协同作用将如何塑造我们对整个生活史进化的认识。