The impact of host metapopulation structure on short-term evolutionary rescue in the face of a novel pathogenic threat
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01174
Abstract: Abstract While most evolutionary studies of host-pathogen dynamics consider pathogen evolution alone or host-pathogen coevolution, there is evidence that hosts can evolve more rapidly than their pathogen during initial outbreaks after disease introduction, e.g. evolutionary… read more here.
Keywords: evolutionary rescue; term; disease; host ... See more keywords
Does the evolution of self-fertilization rescue populations or increase the risk of extinction?
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DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy144
Abstract: Background and Aims As a major evolutionary transition in seed plants, the evolution of plant mating systems has been much debated in evolutionary ecology. Over the last 10 years, well-established patterns of evolution have emerged.… read more here.
Keywords: evolutionary rescue; evolution; term; self fertilization ... See more keywords
Evolutionary rescue by aneuploidy in tumors exposed to anticancer drugs
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DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyaf098
Abstract: Abstract Evolutionary rescue occurs when a population, facing a sudden environmental change that would otherwise lead to extinction, adapts through beneficial mutations, allowing it to recover and persist. A prime example of evolutionary rescue is… read more here.
Keywords: cancer; aneuploidy; evolutionary rescue; anticancer drugs ... See more keywords
Evolutionary rescue in a fluctuating environment: periodic versus quasi-periodic environmental changes
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0770
Abstract: No environment is constant over time, and environmental fluctuations impact the outcome of evolutionary dynamics. Survival of a population not adapted to some environmental conditions is threatened unless, for example, a mutation rescues it, an… read more here.
Keywords: evolutionary rescue; environment; rescue; environmental changes ... See more keywords
Demographic feedbacks during evolutionary rescue can slow or speed adaptive evolution
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1553
Abstract: Populations declining toward extinction can persist via genetic adaptation in a process called evolutionary rescue. Predicting evolutionary rescue has applications ranging from conservation biology to medicine, but requires understanding and integrating the multiple effects of… read more here.
Keywords: evolution; feedbacks evolutionary; demographic feedbacks; evolutionary rescue ... See more keywords
The potential for evolutionary rescue in an Arctic seashore plant threatened by climate change
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1351
Abstract: The impacts of climate change may be particularly severe for geographically isolated populations, which must adjust through plastic responses or evolve. Here, we study an endangered Arctic plant, Primula nutans ssp. finmarchica, confined to Fennoscandian… read more here.
Keywords: climate change; plant; evolutionary rescue; change ... See more keywords
Nutrient-rich spatial refuges buffer against extinction and promote evolutionary rescue in evolving microbial populations
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.2197
Abstract: Microbial populations are often exposed to long-term abiotic disturbances, which can reduce population viability and cause local extinction. Eco-evolutionary theory suggests that spatial refuges can facilitate persistence and evolutionary rescue. However, one drawback of spatial… read more here.
Keywords: nutrient rich; evolutionary rescue; spatial refuges; rich spatial ... See more keywords
Ancient pangenomic origins of noncanonical NLR genes underlying the recent evolutionary rescue of a staple crop
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DOI: 10.1101/2025.04.11.648396
Abstract: Evolutionary rescue occurs when populations in deteriorating environments avoid extinction by rapid adaptation. The recent evolutionary rescue of the cereal crop sorghum via RMES1 aphid resistance is among a few known in situ cases, but… read more here.
Keywords: rmes1; variation; pangenomic origins; recent evolutionary ... See more keywords
How frequency‐dependent selection affects population fitness, maladaptation and evolutionary rescue
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DOI: 10.1111/eva.12714
Abstract: Frequency‐dependent (FD) selection is a central process maintaining genetic variation and mediating evolution of population fitness. FD selection has attracted interest from researchers in a wide range of biological subdisciplines, including evolutionary genetics, behavioural ecology… read more here.
Keywords: evolutionary rescue; frequency; selection; population ... See more keywords
Hybridization may aid evolutionary rescue of an endangered East African passerine
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DOI: 10.1111/eva.13440
Abstract: Introgressive hybridization is a process that enables gene flow across species barriers through the backcrossing of hybrids into a parent population. This may make genetic material, potentially including relevant environmental adaptations, rapidly available in a… read more here.
Keywords: evolutionary rescue; east african; hybridization; endangered east ... See more keywords
The role of spatial structure in multi‐deme models of evolutionary rescue
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DOI: 10.1111/jeb.14018
Abstract: Genetic variation and population sizes are critical factors for successful adaptation to novel environmental conditions. Gene flow between sub‐populations is a potent mechanism to provide such variation and can hence facilitate adaptation, for instance by… read more here.
Keywords: evolutionary rescue; spatial structure; gene flow;