Rapid parallel adaptation despite gene flow in silent crickets

Gene flow is classically thought to impede local adaptation via parallel evolution. However, a genomic study on Hawaiian crickets from different island populations finds evidence of parallel adaptation to the same lethal parasitoid in spite of strong ongoing gene flow.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xiao Zhang, Jack G. Rayner, Mark Blaxter, Nathan W. Bailey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20263-4