Title |
Contemporary Evolutionary Divergence for a Protected Species following Assisted Colonization
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2011
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0022310 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Michael L. Collyer, Jeffrey S. Heilveil, Craig A. Stockwell |
Abstract |
Contemporary evolution following assisted colonization may increase the probability of persistence for refuge populations established as a bet-hedge for protected species. Such refuge populations are considered "genetic replicates" that might be used for future re-colonization in the event of a catastrophe in the native site. Although maladaptive evolutionary divergence of captive populations is well recognized, evolutionary divergence of wild refuge populations may also occur on contemporary time scales. Thus, refuge populations may lose their "value" as true genetic replicates of the native population. Here, we show contemporary evolutionary divergence in body shape in an approximately 30-year old refuge population of the protected White Sands pupfish (Cyprinodon tularosa) resulting in a body-shape mismatch with its native environment. |
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