Ecological stoichiometry and life history theory, not the identity of genomic variants, predict rapid adaptation.

ABSTRACT: Determining the scale and scope of the predictability of evolution is fundamental to understanding biological processes and to managing biodiversity. Ecological frameworks, including life history theory and ecological stoichiometry, offer testable predictions about the direction of adaptation and trade-offs between traits in response to environmental change. Similarly, well-characterized molecular pathways, genotype-phenotype linkages, and prior evolutionary genomic studies could be predictive of the genomic architecture underlying adaptation. We tested whether ecological frameworks and evolutionary genomic data can be used to forecast rapid adaptation in replicated outdoor populations of Drosophila melanogaster evolving in response to natural seasonal fluctuations from summer to la

SUBMITTER: Rudman SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12642422 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature