Evolutionary rescue by adaptive specialization in rapidly changing environments Abstract. Theory suggests that a population with a narrower niche can adapt more rapidly to environmental change, all else being equal. However, a narrow n

Using #simulation, we show that mutants can invade and rescue a population faced with unsustainable environmental change. Mutants can succeed due to both #ecological and #evolvability advantages that emerge in rapidly changing, complex environments:

Jeremy Draghi

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I feel in debt for the amazing discussions I had over 3 years with colleagues, too many to list here (but listed in the acks!)

#ComplexSystems #NetworkScience #SystemsBiology #Evolution #NonEquilibrium #Evolvability

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Nectar and floral morphology differ in evolutionary potential in novel pollination environments Plants can evolve rapidly after pollinator changes, but the response of different floral traits to novel selection can vary. Floral morphology is often expected to show high integration to maintai...

📖Read it now to learn how differences in #heritability, #evolvability and #plasticity between floral traits may affect rapid adaptation to novel #pollinators.
Thanks again to @calacastellanos.bsky.social for the effort and guidance that went into this!
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So glad to see our article on #evolvability of flower nectar and morphology and its role under novel pollination environments featured in this virtual issue @newphyt.bsky.social.
There is still so much to know about the regulation and #evolution of #nectar and its role in angiosperm evolution!

Leishmania genomic adaptation: more than just a 36-body problem Genome instability has been identified as a major driver of adaptation in fast-growing, eukaryotic cells, including fungi, protists, or cancer. How these cells cope with the toxic effects caused by su...

Drs Gerald Späth, Laura Piel & Pascale Pescher discuss #Leishmania #genomic #adaptation: more than just a 36-body problem. #Genome #Instability #Haplotype #Selection #Phenotypic #Adaptation #Evolvability @pasteur.fr‬ @upcite.bsky.social

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Insights into evolutionary dynamics: Study reveals the evolution of evolvability A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB) sheds fresh light on one of the most debated concepts in biology: evolvability. The work provides the first exp...

Insights into #evolutionary dynamics: Study reveals the evolution of #evolvability

#mightymicrobes #genetic_variation #selection

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Developmentally cascading structures do not lose evolutionary potential, but compound developmental instability in rat molars Increasing variability down serially segmented structures, such as mammalian molar teeth and vertebrate limb segments, is a much-replicated pattern. The same phenotypic pattern has conflicting interpr...

Preprint: Lab rat teeth took us (@rwburroughs.bsky.social & co) to unexpected places

Developmentally cascading structures do not lose evolutionary potential, but compound developmental instability.
#Evolvability & #PhenotypicPlasticity with implications for #Paleontology & #Macroevolution

ISE483/SSIE583: 4 - Self-Organization and Emergent Complex Behavior - Luis M. Rocha

Updated 4th Chapter of my "#EvolutionarySystems and #BioInspiredComputing " 2024 Class. #SelfOrganization #Criticality #Robustness #Resilience #Evolvability
casci.binghamton.edu/academics/i-...

Online Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series Friday at 3:00 pm CEST.
Are you interested? Then write us a short mail and we will send you the access data for the online talk.
Email: presse-bio@tuebingen.mpg.de
#onlinetalk #dsss #evolvability