Journal article
Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.375(6586), pp.1275-1281
18/03/2022
PMID: 35298255
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Abstract
Urbanization transforms environments in ways that alter biological evolution. We examined whether urban environmental change drives parallel evolution by sampling 110,019 white clover plants from 6169 populations in 160 cities globally. Plants were assayed for a Mendelian antiherbivore defense that also affects tolerance to abiotic stressors. Urban-rural gradients were associated with the evolution of clines in defense in 47% of cities throughout the world. Variation in the strength of clines was explained by environmental changes in drought stress and vegetation cover that varied among cities. Sequencing 2074 genomes from 26 cities revealed that the evolution of urban-rural dines was best explained by adaptive evolution, but the degree of parallel adaptation varied among cities. Our results demonstrate that urbanization leads to adaptation at a global scale.
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- Title
- Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover
- Creators
- James S. Santangelo - Centre for Urban Environments, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada.Rob W. Ness - Centre for Urban Environments, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada.Beata Cohan - Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada.Connor R. Fitzpatrick - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillSimon G. Innes - University of Louisiana at LafayetteSophie Koch - Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada.Lindsay S. Miles - Centre for Urban Environments, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada.Samreen Munim - Queen's UniversityPedro R. Peres-Neto - Concordia UniversityCindy Prashad - Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada.Alex T. Tong - Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON, Canada.Windsor E. Aguirre - DePaul UniversityPhilips O. Akinwole - DePauw UniversityMarina Alberti - Urban Design GroupJackie Alvarez - Universidad San Francisco de QuitoJill T. Anderson - Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.Joseph J. Anderson - Uppsala Univ, Evolutionary Biol Ctr, Dept Ecol & Genet, Uppsala, SwedenYoshino Ando - Hokkaido UniversityNigel R. Andrew - University of New EnglandFabio Angeoletto - Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisDaniel N. Anstett - University of British ColumbiaJulia Anstett - University of British ColumbiaFelipe Aoki-Goncalves - Instituto de EcologíaA. Z. Andis Arietta - Yale UniversityMary T. K. Arroyo - University of ChileEmily J. Austen - Mount Allison UniversityFernanda Baena-Diaz - Instituto de EcologíaCory A. Barker - University of OttawaHoward A. Baylis - University of CambridgeJulia M. Beliz - University of MiamiAlfonso Benitez-Mora - Universidad Bernardo O'HigginsDavid Bickford - University of La VerneGabriela Biedebach - University of La VerneGwylim S. 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- Publication Details
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol.375(6586), pp.1275-1281
- Publisher
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Number of pages
- 95
- Grant note
- Max Planck Society; Foundation CELLEX Canada Research Chair; Natural Resources Canada; Canadian Forest Service; Canada Research Chairs CAPES; Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES) PIA APOYO CCTE AFB170008 / CONICYT; Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica (CONICYT) IOS-1557770; DEB-1601641 / US NSF; National Science Foundation (NSF) NSERC Canadian Graduate Scholarship; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Departement de Biologie, Universite de Moncton NSERC Discovery grants; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) FB0002 / ANID PIA/BASAL Leiden Municipality Monmouth University School of Science Summer Research Program RCN DEB-1840663 / NSF; National Science Foundation (NSF) PIA/BASAL FB210006 / ANID 2018/00107-3 / FAPESP; Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) NSERC Steacie Fellowship NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) NSERC Discovery Grant; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Identifiers
- 991013087217502368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article