Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yalin Cheng, Matthew J. Miller, Dezhi Zhang, Ying Xiong, Yan Hao, Chenxi Jia, Tianlong Cai, Shou-Hsien Li, Ulf S. Johansson, Yang Liu, Yongbin Chang, Gang Song, Yanhua Qu, Fumin Lei
Summary: Parallel evolution is expected among closely related taxa exposed to similar selective pressures, but genetic solutions to achieve phenotypic similarities may differ. In East Asian Paridae species, high-elevation adaptation shows parallel functional response to extreme elevation relying on different genes, with no influence of heterozygosity on genetic parallelism.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Mats Ittonen, Alexandra Hagelin, Christer Wiklund, Karl Gotthard
Summary: Daylength affects diapause induction in butterflies, but northern populations are able to adapt rapidly to their local daylength conditions during range expansions.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dominik Braunschweiger, Karin Ingold
Summary: Climate change impacts vary across different geographical contexts and primarily affect local areas, leading to a demand for local solutions. The local level plays a crucial role in adapting to climate change, but many European countries have not fully integrated adaptation into their local policies. We conducted a study on 21 Alpine Swiss municipalities to understand the slow progress of local adaptation. We found that significant past extreme events and high perceived climate risk are important for local adaptation, with the latter being the most influential factor.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ru Guo, Yunyang Li, Li Shang, Cuiyang Feng, Xin Wang
Summary: Agriculture is heavily impacted by climate change, particularly in developing countries where farmers are both key players in adaptation and highly vulnerable. This study used a binary logistic regression model to examine local farmers' perceptions and behaviors towards climate change, finding that factors such as agricultural training, perceived temperature change, and education level significantly influence adaptive behavior. Key measures to enhance local climate adaptation include tailored training programs and improvement of scientific research.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tyler K. Chafin, Binod Regmi, Marlis R. Douglas, David R. Edds, Karma Wangchuk, Sonam Dorji, Pema Norbu, Sangay Norbu, Changlu Changlu, Gopal Prasad Khanal, Singye Tshering, Michael E. Douglas
Summary: The study found that snowtrouts exhibit similar evolutionary patterns in different habitats, possibly due to parallel selective pressures causing convergence of genetic variation. Different patterns of mixed evolution may exist during secondary contact. The results indicate that despite hybridization, morphological adaptations are retained, and the degree of admixture varies across tributaries, possibly influenced by environmental or anthropogenic factors.
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Urban Studies
Duran Fiack, Jeremy Cumberbatch, Michael Sutherland, Nadine Zerphey
Summary: Climate adaptation plans play a crucial role in urban planning, with social equity concerns being more prominent in local climate adaptation discussions compared to issues related to environmental quality and economic development.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fatema Khatun, Md. Nasif Ahsan, Sonia Afrin, Jeroen Warner, Reazul Ahsan, Bishawjit Mallick, Pankaj Kumar
Summary: Despite the adverse impacts of climate change and human-induced hazards, many people in hazard-prone coastal areas of Bangladesh choose not to migrate. This study examines the factors influencing voluntary non-migration decisions and finds that those who choose to stay benefit from access to basic needs and social support in their communities. Additionally, the social, psychological, and economic opportunities available at their current location, as well as their access to local natural resources, contribute to their desire to stay and adapt to climatic shocks.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Susan S. Ekoh, Lemir Teron, Idowu Ajibade
Summary: Climate change poses threats globally, and this study examines the relationship between flooding events, migration intentions, and destination choices for affected residents using Lagos, Nigeria as a case study. The study found that while the majority of affected residents are willing to migrate, economic, social, and political factors constrain their ability to do so, leading to involuntary immobility. Intra-city relocation is preferred over migration to other states or internationally, challenging common migration narratives. The study also highlights the importance of community-based relocation in addressing climate-induced flooding in Lagos.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2023)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Kerstin K. Zander, Stephen T. Garnett, Harald Sterly, Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, Barbora Sedova, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Carmen Richerzhagen, Hunter S. Baggen
Summary: There is a strong association between human mobility and environmental and climatic factors. Automated textual analysis is used to explore this relationship. The analysis reveals opportunities for collaboration within environmental mobility research, particularly in integrating adaptation and impact research. However, research on migration destinations and the fate of environmentally influenced migrants is lacking, as well as research on gender and Indigenous issues, and adaptive capacity and capacity-building within the Impact theme.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ted Hsuan Yun Chen, Boyoon Lee
Summary: Residential relocation following environmental disasters is an increasingly necessary climate change adaptation measure. However, relocation may be too costly for disadvantaged groups. Understanding the impact of socioeconomic inequalities on climate migration and exploring ways to offset them is important. This study examines internal migration patterns in the United States based on disaster-related property damage, household income, and local disaster resilience, finding that income-based inequality affects both individuals' access to relocation and the ability of disaster-afflicted areas to rebuild. The study also suggests that higher disaster resilience can attenuate income-based inequality in post-disaster outmigration.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Biology
Mariah H. Meek, Erik A. Beever, Soraia Barbosa, Sarah W. Fitzpatrick, Nicholas K. Fletcher, Cinnamon S. Mittan-Moreau, Brendan N. Reid, Shane C. Campbell-Staton, Nancy F. Green, Jessica J. Hellmann
Summary: Adaptation to local environments is common among species and plays a crucial role in biodiversity conservation. Recent methodological advances provide tools to study local adaptation, which can help identify populations most at risk from climate change and suggest strategies for their persistence. Incorporating local adaptation into management decisions is thus important for addressing the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tasneem Afreen Islam
Summary: Climate change poses risks to businesses, but they can find additional adaptation opportunities by working with local governments.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Biology
Timothy M. Waring, Meredith T. Niles, Matthew M. Kling, Stephanie N. Miller, Laurent Hebert-Dufresne, Hossein Sabzian, Nicholas Gotelli, Brian J. Mcgill
Summary: This study proposes an evolutionary approach to climate adaptation research and provides empirical evidence through two case studies in US agriculture. The researchers define cultural adaptation to climate change as a mechanistic process of population-level cultural change and develop an operational approach to identify it based on established empirical criteria. The findings indicate that crop choices are adapting to local climate trends in some regions of the USA, but cover cropping may be more influenced by economic factors than climatic conditions. Further research is needed to understand the routes and mechanisms of cultural transmission in the process of cultural adaptation, and to investigate factors that differentiate regions with adaptive crop choice trends from those without.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Arne Wiig, Minhaj Mahmud, Ivar Kolstad, Paivi Lujala, Sosina Bezu
Summary: The analysis of survey data in climate exposed communities in coastal Bangladesh reveals that few households plan to relocate in the next 5 years. Surprisingly, households that have experienced environmental shocks do not display higher migration intentions or expectations of future shocks. The study suggests that the low mobility preference among the population remaining in the region, even after environmental shocks, may explain these results. Additionally, shock-exposed households are less likely to move in scenarios of worse future environmental conditions.
REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Thomas Ranius, Lina A. Widenfalk, Meelis Seedre, Ly Lindman, Adam Felton, Aino Hamalainen, Anna Filyushkina, Erik Ockinger
Summary: Climate change poses challenges to conservation strategies for protected areas. Combining strategies for addressing climate warming with traditional biodiversity conservation strategies is necessary to protect future biodiversity.
Article
Ecology
Kelsie E. Hunnicutt, Jeffrey M. Good, Erica L. Larson
Summary: Whole tissue RNASeq is a standard method in evolutionary biology for studying gene expression divergence by providing a comprehensive transcriptome profile of a given tissue. However, the diversity of cell types within whole tissues can lead to variations in cellular composition, impacting gene expression profiles. This study investigates the effects of cellular composition differences on gene expression profiles in whole testes samples, comparing them to enriched spermatogenesis populations in two species of house mice. The findings highlight the importance of considering histology in RNASeq and using methods that reduce sample complexity, as differences in cellular composition can modify expression profiles and potentially alter our understanding of gene ontological processes and gene expression evolution.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Emily E. K. Kopania, Erica L. Larson, Colin Callahan, Sara Keeble, Jeffrey M. Good
Summary: This study used FACS technology to analyze the expression data of spermatogenesis in mice, and found that expression differences and protein coding sequence evolution were faster in late spermatogenesis. The protein evolution rate on the X chromosome was also faster. Different regulatory mechanisms varied between different cell types, cis-regulatory changes were more common in late spermatogenesis, while trans-acting changes were more common in early spermatogenesis and more conserved across species.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Erica L. Larson, Emily E. K. Kopania, Kelsie E. Hunnicutt, Dan Vanderpool, Sara Keeble, Jeffrey M. Good
Summary: This study investigates the mechanisms of hybrid male sterility in house mice and finds that disruption of gene expression during meiosis and postmeiotic development is associated with specific genotypes and X-linked genes. The results support the hypothesis that X-linked hybrid sterility has a variable genetic basis and highlight the importance of epigenetic regulation of the X chromosome during spermatogenesis.
G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS
(2022)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Elizabeth J. Beckman, Felipe Martins, Taichi A. Suzuki, Ke Bi, Sara Keeble, Jeffrey M. Good, Andreas S. Chavez, Mallory A. Ballinger, Kennedy Agwamba, Michael W. Nachman
Summary: Researchers sequenced the genomes of house mice in the Andes and found that mice in Ecuador and Bolivia independently adapted to high elevation. The response to selection at high elevation varied between transects, with only a few genes showing parallel selection. They also discovered hypoxia-associated genes that experienced a significant allele frequency change at the highest elevations.
Article
Evolutionary Biology
Emily C. Moore, Gregg W. C. Thomas, Sebastian Mortimer, Emily E. K. Kopania, Kelsie E. Hunnicutt, Zachary J. Clare-Salzler, Erica L. Larson, Jeffrey M. Good
Summary: This study constructed a chromosome-scale de novo genome assembly for the Siberian dwarf hamster and revealed widespread female recombination suppression across approximately 65% of the Phodopus X chromosome. The suppressed Xp arm was enriched for transposable element families and lacked genes primarily expressed in placenta, showing similar gene densities, expression patterns, and rates of molecular evolution when compared to the recombinant Xq arm.
GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Nathanael D. Herrera, Kayce C. Bell, Colin M. Callahan, Erin Nordquist, Brice A. J. Sarver, Jack Sullivan, John R. Demboski, Jeffrey M. Good
Summary: Discovery of cryptic species within western chipmunks using genomic data highlights the presence of a new species and two subspecies, with evidence of hybridization with other species.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Emily R. Hager, Olivia S. Harringmeyer, T. Brock Wooldridge, Shunn Theingi, Jacob T. Gable, Sade McFadden, Beverly Neugeboren, Kyle M. Turner, Jeffrey D. Jensen, Hopi E. Hoekstra
Summary: This study characterized the genetic basis of trait variation in different ecotypes of deer mice and identified a chromosomal inversion linked to tail length and coat color. The frequency of the inversion was high in the forest ecotype, decreased across a habitat transition, and was absent in the prairie ecotype. Divergent selection was implicated in maintaining the inversion at observed frequencies despite high levels of gene flow, and the study explored the fitness benefits arising from suppressed recombination within the inversion.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Parul Johri, Charles F. Aquadro, Mark Beaumont, Brian Charlesworth, Laurent Excoffier, Adam Eyre-Walker, Peter D. Keightley, Michael Lynch, Gil McVean, Bret A. Payseur, Susanne P. Pfeifer, Wolfgang Stephan, Jeffrey D. Jensen
Summary: The field of population genomics has grown rapidly, but there is a tendency to focus on specific models at the expense of exploring underlying evolutionary processes. We need to pay more attention to statistical inference and theory and establish relevant baseline models for each analysis.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Alexej Siren, Marketa Zimova, Chris S. Sutherland, John T. Finn, Jillian R. Kilborn, Rachel M. Cliche, Leighlan S. Prout, L. Scott Mills, Toni Lyn Morelli
Summary: This study focuses on the influence of resource availability on snowshoe hare populations along their trailing range edge. The results show that variability in resource availability affects population density and fluctuations, as well as survival rates. Hares living in resource-limited environments have lower population density but higher survival rates and lower parasite loads compared to populations in resource-rich environments.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kathryn Wilsterman, Emily C. Moore, Rena M. Schweizer, Kirksey Cunningham, Jeffrey M. Good, Zachary A. Cheviron
Summary: Adaptation to high elevation can reduce the impact of hypoxia-related gestational complications in placental mammals. By studying deer mice, researchers found that highland mice can maintain normal fetal growth under hypoxic conditions by expanding a specific compartment of the placenta. They also discovered significant overlap between genes associated with fetal growth in deer mice and genes involved in human placental development, indicating conserved or convergent pathways.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mafalda S. Ferreira, Timothy J. Thurman, Matthew R. Jones, Liliana Farelo, Alexander Kumar, Sebastian M. E. Mortimer, John R. Demboski, L. Scott Mills, Paulo C. Alves, Jose Melo-Ferreira, Jeffrey M. Good
Summary: The genetic variation at genes EDNRB, CORIN, and ASIP determines the light and dark seasonal pelage in white-tailed jackrabbits, which corresponds to snow cover. Reductions in snow cover are predicted to cause widespread camouflage mismatch, but populations with darker winter pelage are expected to rapidly adapt, indicating a trait-based genetic framework for evolutionary rescue. These findings demonstrate the significance of the genetic basis of climate change adaptation in informing conservation.
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Fabian B. Freund, Elise Kerdoncuff, Sebastian Matuszewski, Marguerite Lapierre, Marcel Hildebrandt, Jeffrey Jensen, Luca Ferretti, Amaury Lambert, Timothy Sackton, Guillaume Achaz
Summary: The standard neutral model of molecular evolution has often been used as a reference for population genomics. However, our study shows that alternative genealogical models, such as multiple merger coalescent models, may provide a better fit to observed allele frequency data. This has important implications for population genomic studies and related fields.
Review
Microbiology
John W. Terbot, Parul Johri, Schuyler W. Liphardt, Vivak Soni, Susanne P. Pfeifer, Brandon S. Cooper, Jeffrey M. Good, Jeffrey D. Jensen
Summary: In the past 3 years, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has caused a global health crisis with multiple waves of spread. Genomic surveillance efforts have increased to track and anticipate the virus's evolution, resulting in a large number of patient isolates available in public databases. However, accurately quantifying the emergence of adaptive viral variants is challenging due to various co-occurring and interacting evolutionary processes. This study outlines the critical components of an evolutionary baseline model for SARS-CoV-2, including mutation rates, recombination rates, fitness effects, infection dynamics, and compartmentalization, and discusses the current understanding of these parameters. Recommendations for future clinical sampling, model construction, and statistical analysis are also provided.
Article
Evolutionary Biology
John W. Terbot II, Brandon S. Cooper, Jeffrey M. Good, Jeffrey D. Jensen
Summary: This study develops a simulation framework to study the intrahost evolutionary dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 and establish a baseline model for improved virus data analysis. The study finds that the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 is influenced by severe infection bottlenecks, low levels of reproductive skew, and strongly deleterious mutations.
GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)