Adaptation to heavy-metal contaminated environments proceeds via selection on pre-existing genetic variation
Kevin M. Wright, Allison Gaudinier, Uffe Hellsten, Annie L. Jeong, Avinash Sreedasyam, Srinidhi Holalu, Miguel Flores Vegara, Arianti Rojas Carvajal, Chenling Xu, Jarrod A. Chapman, Robert Franks, Jane Grimwood, Kerrie Barry, Jerry Jenkins, John Lovell, , John H. Willis
The paper shows adaptation to copper-contaminated environments in Mimulus guttatus occurs through selection on pre-existing genetic variation rather than new mutations.
bioRxiv · Nov 7, 2015 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology