Postdoctoral Fellow
Adaptive divergence between natural populations reflects responses to natural selection and the distribution of genetic variation in natural populations. The hypothesis of adaptive population divergence has been tested in a variety of taxa, but results of such studies are typically reported qualitatively. Such qualitative results belie the complexity of factors that contribute to the process of divergence. Using published reciprocal transplant experiments and metrics of adaptive divergence, I am compiling a comprehensive database of quantitative estimates of adaptive divergence and factors that might be associated with the degree of adaptive divergence. This database will be used to test hypotheses about the effects of factors such as mating system, range size, or environmental gradient on the degree of adaptive divergence between populations.
Adaptive divergence between natural populations
| PI(s): | Joe Hereford |
| Start Date: | 1-Sep-2005 |
| End Date: | 15-Dec-2006 |
| Keywords: | natural selection, natural population, database, manipulative experiments |
Adaptive divergence between natural populations reflects responses to natural selection and the distribution of genetic variation in natural populations. The hypothesis of adaptive population divergence has been tested in a variety of taxa, but results of such studies are typically reported qualitatively. Such qualitative results belie the complexity of factors that contribute to the process of divergence. Using published reciprocal transplant experiments and metrics of adaptive divergence, I am compiling a comprehensive database of quantitative estimates of adaptive divergence and factors that might be associated with the degree of adaptive divergence. This database will be used to test hypotheses about the effects of factors such as mating system, range size, or environmental gradient on the degree of adaptive divergence between populations.Related products
Publications- Does Selfing Or Outcrossing Promote Local Adaptation? Hereford, J. (2010). Does Selfing Or Outcrossing Promote Local Adaptation? American Journal Of Botany 97(2): 298-302.
- Quantitative Survey of Local Adaptation and Fitness Trade-offs Hereford, J. A. (2009). Quantitative Survey of Local Adaptation and Fitness Trade-offs. American Naturalist 173(5): 579-588.
