Towards evolutionary predictions: Current promises and challenges

• Published in: Evolutionary applications Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 3 - 21
• Main Authors: Wortel, Meike T., Agashe, Deepa, Bailey, Susan F., Bank, Claudia, Bisschop, Karen, Blankers, Thomas, Cairns, Johannes, Colizzi, Enrico Sandro, Cusseddu, Davide, Desai, Michael M., Dijk, Bram, Egas, Martijn, Ellers, Jacintha, Groot, Astrid T., Heckel, David G., Johnson, Marcelle L., Kraaijeveld, Ken, Krug, Joachim, Laan, Liedewij, Lässig, Michael, Lind, Peter A., Meijer, Jeroen, Noble, Luke M., Okasha, Samir, Rainey, Paul B., Rozen, Daniel E., Shitut, Shraddha, Tans, Sander J., Tenaillon, Olivier, Teotónio, Henrique, Visser, J. Arjan G. M., Visser, Marcel E., Vroomans, Renske M. A., Werner, Gijsbert D. A., Wertheim, Bregje, Pennings, Pleuni S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.01.2023; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Adaptation; Antibiotics; Biotechnology; CRISPR; disease modelling; Drug resistance; Endangered & extinct species; Ethanol; Evolution; evolutionary control; Experiments; Feedback; Genotypes; Influenza; Mutation; Pathogens; population genetics; predictability; prediction; Predictions; Review; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Species extinction; Vaccines; models; population genetics; disease modelling; evolutionary control; prediction; evolution; predictability

Evolution has traditionally been a historical and descriptive science, and predicting future evolutionary processes has long been considered impossible. However, evolutionary predictions are increasingly being developed and used in medicine, agriculture, biotechnology and conservation biology. Evolu...