A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: from genes to ecosystems.

Thomas G. Whitham; Joseph K. Bailey; Jennifer A. Schweitzer; Stephen M. Shuster; Randy K. Bangert; Carri J. LeRoy; Eric V. Lonsdorf; Gery J. Allan; Stephen P. DiFazio; Brad M. Potts; Dylan G. Fischer; Catherine A. Gehring; Richard L. Lindroth; Jane C. Marks; Stephen C. Hart; Gina M. Wimp; Stuart C. Wooley

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A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: from genes to ecosystems.

Thomas G. Whitham, Joseph K. Bailey, Jennifer A. Schweitzer, Stephen M. Shuster, Randy K. Bangert, Carri J. LeRoy, Eric V. Lonsdorf, Gery J. Allan, Stephen P. DiFazio, Brad M. Potts, Dylan G. Fischer, Catherine A. Gehring, Richard L. Lindroth, Jane C. Marks, Stephen C. Hart, Gina M. Wimp, Stuart C. Wooley

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Abstract

This study focuses on the genetic basis of ecosystem processes and the effect of such phenomena as climate change and introduced transgenic organisms on entire communities. The authors argue that community and ecosystem phenotypes exist, that their heritability can be quantified and that the interactions of species can lead to community evolution. They emphasize that this trait-based approach does not imply or require that communities themselves have fitness, or that communities evolve like populations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	510-523
Number of pages	14
Journal	Nature Reviews Genetics
Volume	7
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg1877
State	Published - Jul 1 2006

Keywords

BIOTIC communities
CLIMATE change
TRANSGENIC organisms
PHENOTYPE
HERITABILITY (Genetics)
SPECIES
EVOLUTION (Biology)

UN SDGs

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Whitham, T. G., Bailey, J. K., Schweitzer, J. A., Shuster, S. M., Bangert, R. K., LeRoy, C. J., Lonsdorf, E. V., Allan, G. J., DiFazio, S. P., Potts, B. M., Fischer, D. G., Gehring, C. A., Lindroth, R. L., Marks, J. C., Hart, S. C., Wimp, G. M., & Wooley, S. C. (2006). A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: from genes to ecosystems. Nature Reviews Genetics, 7(7), 510-523. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg1877

Whitham, TG, Bailey, JK, Schweitzer, JA, Shuster, SM, Bangert, RK, LeRoy, CJ, Lonsdorf, EV, Allan, GJ, DiFazio, SP, Potts, BM, Fischer, DG, Gehring, CA, Lindroth, RL, Marks, JC, Hart, SC, Wimp, GM & Wooley, SC 2006, 'A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: from genes to ecosystems.', Nature Reviews Genetics, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 510-523. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg1877

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