Local Adaptation: Causal Agents of Selection and Adaptive Trait Divergence

• Published in: Annual review of ecology, evolution, and systematics Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 87 - 111
• Main Authors: Wadgymar, Susana M, DeMarche, Megan L, Josephs, Emily B, Sheth, Seema N, Anderson, Jill T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Palo Alto Annual Reviews 02.11.2022; Annual Reviews, Inc
• Subjects: Adaptation; agent of selection; Divergence; genetic basis of local adaptation; Life history; manipulative experiment; Phenotypes; provenance trial; reciprocal transplant experiment; target of selection

Divergent selection across the landscape can favor the evolution of local adaptation in populations experiencing contrasting conditions. Local adaptation is widely observed in a diversity of taxa, yet we have a surprisingly limited understanding of the mechanisms that give rise to it. For instance,...