Experimental macroevolution

The convergence of several disparate research programmes raises the possibility that the long-term evolutionary processes of innovation and radiation may become amenable to laboratory experimentation. Ancestors might be resurrected directly from naturally stored propagules or tissues, or indirectly...

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Published inProceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Vol. 283; no. 1822; p. 20152547
Main Author Bell, Graham
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England The Royal Society 13.01.2016
Subjects
Adaptation, Biological
Adaptive Radiation
Ancestral Resurrection
Biological Evolution
Ecological Transition
Experimental Evolution
Fossils
Genetic Speciation
Genetic Variation
Genome
Innovation
Macroevolution
Review
Review Articles
innovation
macroevolution
ancestral resurrection
ecological transition
experimental evolution
adaptive radiation
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Summary:The convergence of several disparate research programmes raises the possibility that the long-term evolutionary processes of innovation and radiation may become amenable to laboratory experimentation. Ancestors might be resurrected directly from naturally stored propagules or tissues, or indirectly from the expression of ancestral genes in contemporary genomes. New kinds of organisms might be evolved through artificial selection of major developmental genes. Adaptive radiation can be studied by mimicking major ecological transitions in the laboratory. All of these possibilities are subject to severe quantitative and qualitative limitations. In some cases, however, laboratory experiments may be capable of illuminating the processes responsible for the evolution of new kinds of organisms.
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Invited review by the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution biannual award winner.
ISSN:0962-8452
1471-2954
1471-2954
DOI:10.1098/rspb.2015.2547