Dead or alive: sediment DNA archives as tools for tracking aquatic evolution and adaptation
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Dead or alive : sediment DNA archives as tools for tracking aquatic evolution and adaptation. / Ellegaard, Marianne; Clokie, Martha R. J.; Czypionka, Till; Frisch, Dagmar; Godhe, Anna; Kremp, Anke; Letarov, Andrey; McGenity, Terry J.; Ribeiro, Sofia; Anderson, N. John.
In: Communications Biology , Vol. 3, No. 1, 2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Dead or alive
T2 - sediment DNA archives as tools for tracking aquatic evolution and adaptation
AU - Ellegaard, Marianne
AU - Clokie, Martha R. J.
AU - Czypionka, Till
AU - Frisch, Dagmar
AU - Godhe, Anna
AU - Kremp, Anke
AU - Letarov, Andrey
AU - McGenity, Terry J.
AU - Ribeiro, Sofia
AU - Anderson, N. John
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - DNA can be preserved in marine and freshwater sediments both in bulk sediment and in intact, viable resting stages. Here, we assess the potential for combined use of ancient, environmental, DNA and timeseries of resurrected long-term dormant organisms, to reconstruct trophic interactions and evolutionary adaptation to changing environments. These new methods, coupled with independent evidence of biotic and abiotic forcing factors, can provide a holistic view of past ecosystems beyond that offered by standard palaeoecology, help us assess implications of ecological and molecular change for contemporary ecosystem functioning and services, and improve our ability to predict adaptation to environmental stress. Ellegaard et al. discuss the potential for using ancient environmental DNA (eDNA), combined with resurrection ecology, to analyse trophic interactions and evolutionary adaptation to changing environments. Their Review suggests that these techniques will improve our ability to predict genetic and phenotypic adaptation to environmental stress.
AB - DNA can be preserved in marine and freshwater sediments both in bulk sediment and in intact, viable resting stages. Here, we assess the potential for combined use of ancient, environmental, DNA and timeseries of resurrected long-term dormant organisms, to reconstruct trophic interactions and evolutionary adaptation to changing environments. These new methods, coupled with independent evidence of biotic and abiotic forcing factors, can provide a holistic view of past ecosystems beyond that offered by standard palaeoecology, help us assess implications of ecological and molecular change for contemporary ecosystem functioning and services, and improve our ability to predict adaptation to environmental stress. Ellegaard et al. discuss the potential for using ancient environmental DNA (eDNA), combined with resurrection ecology, to analyse trophic interactions and evolutionary adaptation to changing environments. Their Review suggests that these techniques will improve our ability to predict genetic and phenotypic adaptation to environmental stress.
KW - EXTRACELLULAR DNA
KW - ANCIENT DNA
KW - GENETIC-STRUCTURE
KW - LAKE-SEDIMENTS
KW - BALTIC SEA
KW - IMPACT
KW - WATER
KW - ABUNDANCE
KW - RESPONSES
KW - LIFE
U2 - 10.1038/s42003-020-0899-z
DO - 10.1038/s42003-020-0899-z
M3 - Review
C2 - 32265485
VL - 3
JO - Communications Biology
JF - Communications Biology
SN - 2399-3642
IS - 1
ER -
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