Overruled by nature: A plastic response to an ecological regime shift disconnects a gene and its trait
François Besnier, Øystein Skaala, Vidar Wennevik, Fernando Ayllón, Kjell Rong Utne, Per Tommy Fjeldheim, Kaja Andersen‐Fjeldheim, Sofie Knutar, Kevin A. Glover
The paper shows that a regime shift in Atlantic salmon populations led to a plastic response bypassing genetic influences on maturation age, despite unchanged allele frequencies.
bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2022 · PreprintGenetics