From the Cover: Genetic shift in photoperiodic response correlated with global warming Export

@article{citeulike:1871107, abstract = {To date, all altered patterns of seasonal interactions observed in insects, birds, amphibians, and plants associated with global warming during the latter half of the 20th century are explicable as variable expressions of plastic phenotypes. Over the last 30 years, the genetically controlled photoperiodic response of the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii, has shifted toward shorter, more southern daylengths as growing seasons have become longer. This shift is detectable over a time interval as short as 5 years. Faster evolutionary response has occurred in northern populations where selection is stronger and genetic variation is greater than in southern populations. W. smithii represents an example of actual genetic differentiation of a seasonality trait that is consistent with an adaptive evolutionary response to recent global warming. 10.1073/pnas.241391498}, author = {Bradshaw, William E. and Holzapfel, Christina M.}, citeulike-article-id = {1871107}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.241391498}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/98/25/14509}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11698659}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11698659}, day = {4}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.241391498}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, keywords = {genetic-shift, global-change}, month = {December}, number = {25}, pages = {14509--14511}, posted-at = {2007-11-06 01:19:58}, priority = {2}, title = {From the Cover: Genetic shift in photoperiodic response correlated with global warming}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.241391498}, volume = {98}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1871107 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1871107 N2 - To date, all altered patterns of seasonal interactions observed in insects, birds, amphibians, and plants associated with global warming during the latter half of the 20th century are explicable as variable expressions of plastic phenotypes. Over the last 30 years, the genetically controlled photoperiodic response of the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii, has shifted toward shorter, more southern daylengths as growing seasons have become longer. This shift is detectable over a time interval as short as 5 years. Faster evolutionary response has occurred in northern populations where selection is stronger and genetic variation is greater than in southern populations. W. smithii represents an example of actual genetic differentiation of a seasonality trait that is consistent with an adaptive evolutionary response to recent global warming. 10.1073/pnas.241391498 IS - 25 JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences EP - 14511 TI - From the Cover: Genetic shift in photoperiodic response correlated with global warming VL - 98 SP - 14509 KW - genetic-shift KW - global-change AU - Bradshaw, William AU - Holzapfel, Christina PY - 2001/12/04/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.241391498 ER -