A replicated climate change field experiment reveals rapid evolutionary response in an ecologically important soil invertebrate

• DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13293
• Publication Date: 2016-04-25T04:58:44Z
• Authors: Thomas Bataillon; Nicolas Galtier; Aurelien Bernard; Nicolai Cryer; Nicolas Faivre; Sylvain Santoni; Dany Severac; Teis N. Mikkelsen; Klaus S. Larsen; Claus Beier; Jesper G. Sørensen; Martin Holmstrup; Bodil K. Ehlers
• Keywords: 570; [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics; Climate; Climate Change; selection; SNP; [SDV.BBM.GTP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry; [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy; Soil; 03 medical and health sciences; Gene Frequency; [SDV.BBM.GTP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Genomics [q-bio.GN]; Animals; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action; name=SDG 13 - Climate Action; Selection; Molecular Biology/Genomics [q-bio.GN]; 0303 health sciences; [SDV.GEN.GPO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE]; Polymorphism, Genetic; Temperature; Phylogenetics and taxonomy; 15. Life on land; Primary Research Articles; Biological Evolution; Invertebrates; Field experiment; field experiment; 13. Climate action; RNA-seq

Whether species can respond evolutionarily to current climate change is crucial for the persistence of many species. Yet, very few studies have examined genetic responses in manipulated experiments carried out natural field conditions. We evolutionary response a common annelid worm using controlled replicated experiment where climatic conditions were setting. Analyzing transcribed genome 15 local populations, we found that about 12% polymorphisms exhibit differences allele frequencies associated changes soil temperature and moisture. This shows an realistic happening over short-time scale, calls incorporating evolution into models predicting future change. It also designed coupled with sequencing offer great potential test occurrence (or lack) response.