Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection

Adam M. Siepielski; Michael B. Morrissey; Mathieu Buoro; Stephanie M. Carlson; Christina M. Caruso; Sonya M. Clegg; Tim Coulson; Joseph DiBattista; Kiyoko M. Gotanda; Clinton D. Francis; Joe Hereford; Joel G. Kingsolver; Kate E. Augustine; Loeske E.B. Kruuk; Ryan A. Martin; Ben C. Sheldon; Nina Sletvold; Erik I. Svensson; Michael J. Wade; Andrew D.C. MacColl

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Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection

Adam M. Siepielski^*, Michael B. Morrissey, Mathieu Buoro, Stephanie M. Carlson, Christina M. Caruso, Sonya M. Clegg, Tim Coulson, Joseph DiBattista, Kiyoko M. Gotanda, Clinton D. Francis, Joe Hereford, Joel G. Kingsolver, Kate E. Augustine, Loeske E.B. Kruuk, Ryan A. Martin, Ben C. Sheldon, Nina Sletvold, Erik I. Svensson, Michael J. Wade, Andrew D.C. MacColl

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Climate change has the potential to affect the ecology and evolution of every species on Earth. Although the ecological consequences of climate change are increasingly well documented, the effects of climate on the key evolutionary process driving adaptation - natural selection - are largely unknown. We report that aspects of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration, along with the North Atlantic Oscillation, predicted variation in selection across plant and animal populations throughout many terrestrial biomes, whereas temperature explained little variation. By showing that selection was influenced by climate variation, our results indicate that climate change may cause widespread alterations in selection regimes, potentially shifting evolutionary trajectories at a global scale.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	959-962
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	355
Issue number	6328
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aag2773
Publication status	Published - 3 Mar 2017

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Siepielski, A. M., Morrissey, M. B., Buoro, M., Carlson, S. M., Caruso, C. M., Clegg, S. M., Coulson, T., DiBattista, J., Gotanda, K. M., Francis, C. D., Hereford, J., Kingsolver, J. G., Augustine, K. E., Kruuk, L. E. B., Martin, R. A., Sheldon, B. C., Sletvold, N., Svensson, E. I., Wade, M. J., & MacColl, A. D. C. (2017). Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection. Science, 355(6328), 959-962. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aag2773

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Siepielski, AM, Morrissey, MB, Buoro, M, Carlson, SM, Caruso, CM, Clegg, SM, Coulson, T, DiBattista, J, Gotanda, KM, Francis, CD, Hereford, J, Kingsolver, JG, Augustine, KE, Kruuk, LEB, Martin, RA, Sheldon, BC, Sletvold, N, Svensson, EI, Wade, MJ & MacColl, ADC 2017, 'Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection', Science, vol. 355, no. 6328, pp. 959-962. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aag2773

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