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Recent natural selection causes adaptive evolution of an avian polygenic trait

by Gienapp, Phillip , Firth, Josh A. , Poissant, Jocelyn , Sheldon, Ben C. , McMahon, Keith , Laine, Veronika N. , van Oers, Kees , Spurgin, Lewis G. , Cole, Ella F. , Slate, Jon , Visser, Marcel E. , Groenen, Martien A. M. , Verhagen, Irene , Gosler, Andrew G. , Bosse, Mirte

in Animal Breeding and Genetics / Animal Breeding and Genomics / Animal Feed / Animals / Beak - anatomy & histology / Behavioral Ecology / Behavioural Ecology / Biological Evolution / Birds / Breeding success / Collagen / Collagen Type IV - genetics / Environmental changes / Evolution / Evolution & development / Feeders / Fitness / Fokkerij en Genetica / Fokkerij en Genomica / Gedragsecologie / Genes / Genetic Variation / Genomics / Leerstoelgroep Fokkerij en genetica / Leerstoelgroep Gedragsecologie / Multifactorial Inheritance / Natural selection / Netherlands / Parus major / Passeriformes - anatomy & histology / Passeriformes - genetics / PE&RC / Phenotype / Phenotypic variations / Polygenic inheritance / Reproduction / Reproductive fitness / Selection, Genetic / United Kingdom / WIAS

2017

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Journal Article

Recent natural selection causes adaptive evolution of an avian polygenic trait

Gienapp, Phillip,

Firth, Josh A.,

Poissant, Jocelyn,

Sheldon, Ben C.,

McMahon, Keith,

Laine, Veronika N.,

van Oers, Kees,

Spurgin, Lewis G.,

Cole, Ella F.,

Slate, Jon,

Visser, Marcel E.,

Groenen, Martien A. M.,

Verhagen, Irene,

Gosler, Andrew G.,

Bosse, Mirte

2017

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We used extensive data from a long-term study of great tits (Parus major) in the United Kingdom and Netherlands to better understand how genetic signatures of selection translate into variation in fitness and phenotypes. We found that genomic regions under differential selection contained candidate genes for bill morphology and used genetic architecture analyses to confirm that these genes, especially the collagen gene COL4A5, explained variation in bill length. COL4A5 variation was associated with reproductive success, which, combined with spatiotemporal patterns of bill length, suggested ongoing selection for longer bills in the United Kingdom. Last, bill length and COL4A5 variation were associated with usage of feeders, suggesting that longer bills may have evolved in the United Kingdom as a response to supplementary feeding.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science,The American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Animal Breeding and Genetics

/ Animal Breeding and Genomics

/ Animal Feed

/ Animals

/ Beak - anatomy & histology

/ Behavioral Ecology

/ Behavioural Ecology