High standing genetic variation in an invasive plant allows immediate evolutionary response to climate warming
Y. Sun, O. Bossdorf, R. D. Grados, Z. Liao, H. Mueller-Schaerer
This study shows that invasive common ragweed populations can rapidly evolve in response to climate warming within a single generation, with greater genetic divergence and phenotypic convergence under warming conditions.
bioRxiv · Feb 20, 2020Evolutionary Biology