{"675000":{"#nid":"675000","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"A Crystal Ball for Evolution","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.adi8722\u0022\u003Enew paper\u003C\/a\u003E published in the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E argues that traits that are highly variable and evolve quickly, over short time scales, are often the same ones that shape the direction of long-term evolution of new species. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.biosci.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/james-stroud\u0022\u003EJames Stroud\u003C\/a\u003E, who was not involved in the research, says the study provides a fascinating insight: \u201cAs selection changes through time to chase new optima, the genetic variation of traits under selection may increase from this evolutionary back and forth,\u201d he says. \u201cThis additive genetic variance, termed evolvability, is a window into evolution\u2019s past.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.adi8722\u0022\u003Enew paper\u003C\/a\u003E published in the journal \u003Cem\u003EScience\u003C\/em\u003E argues that traits that are highly variable and evolve quickly, over short time scales, are often the same ones that shape the direction of long-term evolution of new species. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.biosci.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/james-stroud\u0022\u003EJames Stroud\u003C\/a\u003E, who was not involved in the research, says the study provides a fascinating insight: \u201cAs selection changes through time to chase new optima, the genetic variation of traits under selection may increase from this evolutionary back and forth,\u201d he says. \u201cThis additive genetic variance, termed evolvability, is a window into evolution\u2019s past.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-06-04 19:58:21","changed_gmt":"2024-06-05 14:39:26","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Nautilus","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/nautil.us\/a-crystal-ball-for-evolution-619567\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-05-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}