Digest: Unlocking the creative potential of specialization*. (2nd May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Linscott, Jennifer
• Is Part Of: Evolution. Volume 73:Number 6(2019)
• Page Start: 1322
• Page End: 1323
• Publication Date: 2019-05-02
• Subjects: Evolution -- Periodicals; Heredity -- Periodicals; Évolution (Biologie) -- Périodiques; Hérédité -- Périodiques; 338.47004094
• DOI: 10.1111/evo.13749
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0014-3820

Abstract

Abstract: Do constant environments produce ecological specialists? Wang et al. test this common assumption in Drosophila melanogaster and find that the converse may be true: constant environments sometimes produce robust generalists that can withstand change. In this study, increased tolerance to change may be best explained as a by‐product of adaptation to a particularly harsh salt‐enriched environment.