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Evolutionary origins of complex ecological adaptations

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always warm populations organisms biochemical incorporation question repeated environmental components niche biologists ancestral function individuals darwin ecological evolution natural adaptations intrigued encoded morphological complevol relationships plant photosynthesis involve adapt environments contrasted evolutionary lights fundamental dimensions eyes history realised types spread exceptional multiple productivity random grasses trait plants shed species diverse intermediate anatomical minor ecology impressive wings traits during infer emergence enzymes capitalizing variation action dispersal time thrive c3 c4 mutations charles combine performance complexity photosynthetic dry novelties

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Coordinator	THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD Organization address address: FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK city: SHEFFIELD postcode: S10 2TN website: www.shef.ac.uk contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
Coordinator Country	United Kingdom [UK]
Total cost	1˙498˙275 €
EC max contribution	1˙498˙275 € (100%)
Programme	1. H2020-EU.1.1. (EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC))
Code Call	ERC-2014-STG
Funding Scheme	ERC-STG
Starting year	2015
Duration (year-month-day)	from 2015-06-01 to 2020-05-31

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#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD Organization address address: FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK city: SHEFFIELD postcode: S10 2TN website: www.shef.ac.uk contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	UK (SHEFFIELD)	coordinator	1˙498˙275.00

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Project objective

During evolution, organisms adapt to diverse environmental conditions by evolving new morphological and/or biochemical traits, some of which are of impressive complexity. This is for example the case of eyes, wings or complex biochemical pathways, which all involve multiple components. The evolution of such complex traits has always intrigued evolutionary biologists, including Charles Darwin, and is still only partially understood. How can natural selection on random mutations lead over time to novel complex ecological adaptations that allow organisms to thrive in diverse environments?

This question will be addressed here by studying a species complex that presents exceptional variation in a key ecological adaptation, namely C4 photosynthesis. This trait results from multiple anatomical and biochemical components that function together to increase plant productivity in warm and dry environments. Capitalizing on a species complex of grasses that includes C4 as well as the ancestral C3 photosynthetic types and multiple intermediate states, the ComplEvol project will combine methods from different fields to infer (i) the history of mutations that generated components for C4 photosynthesis during the dispersal into different ecological conditions, (ii) the factors controlling the spread of these mutations among populations, (iii) the effects of these mutations on the properties of the encoded C4 enzymes, (iv) the effects of different anatomical and biochemical C4 components on the performance of the plants (fundamental niche), and (v) the relationships between these components and the distribution of individuals in contrasted environments (realised niche).

The incorporation of these different dimensions of evolution and ecology will shed new lights on the processes that allow over time the emergence of major ecological novelties through the repeated action of natural selection on minor changes within populations.

Publications

List of publications.
year	authors and title	journal	last update
2017	Inam Ullah, Jill K. Olofsson, Ashot Margaryan, Melissa Ilardo, Habib Ahmad, Martin Sikora, Anders J. Hansen, Muhammad Shahid Nadeem, Numan Fazal, Murad Ali, Anders Buchard, Brian E. Hemphill, Eske Willerslev, Morten E. Allentoft High Y-chromosomal Differentiation Among Ethnic Groups of Dir and Swat Districts, Pakistan published pages: 234-248, ISSN: 0003-4800, DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12204	Annals of Human Genetics 81/6	2020-02-27
2019	Jill K. Olofsson, Isabel Cantera, CÃ©line Van de Paer, Cynthia Hongâ€Wa, Loubab Zedane, Luke T. Dunning, Adriana Alberti, Pascalâ€Antoine Christin, Guillaume Besnard Phylogenomics using lowâ€depth whole genome sequencing: A case study with the olive tribe published pages: 877-892, ISSN: 1755-098X, DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13016	Molecular Ecology Resources 19/4	2019-11-12
2019	Luke T Dunning, Jose J Moreno-Villena, Marjorie R Lundgren, Jacqueline Dionora, Paolo Salazar, Claire Adams, Florence Nyirenda, Jill K Olofsson, Anthony Mapaura, Isla M Grundy, Canisius J Kayombo, Lucy A Dunning, Fabrice Kentatchime, Menaka Ariyarathne, Deepthi Yakandawala, Guillaume Besnard, W Paul Quick, Andrea BrÃ¤utigam, Colin P Osborne, Pascal-Antoine Christin Key changes in gene expression identified for different stages of C4 evolution in Alloteropsis semialata published pages: 3255-3268, ISSN: 0022-0957, DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz149	Journal of Experimental Botany 70/12	2019-11-12
2019	Marjorie R. Lundgren, Luke T. Dunning, Jill K. Olofsson, Jose J. Moreno-Villena, Jacques W. Bouvier, Tammy L. Sage, Roxana Khoshravesh, Stefanie Sultmanis, Matt Stata, Brad S. Ripley, Maria S. Vorontsova, Guillaume Besnard, Claire Adams, Nicholas Cuff, Anthony Mapaura, Matheus E. Bianconi, Christine M. Long, Pascal-Antoine Christin, Colin P. Osborne C 4 anatomy can evolve via a single developmental change published pages: 302-312, ISSN: 1461-023X, DOI: 10.1111/ele.13191	Ecology Letters 22/2	2019-11-12
2018	Daniel P. Wood, Jill K. Olofsson, Scott W. McKenzie, Luke T. Dunning Contrasting phylogeographic structures between freshwater lycopods and angiosperms in the British Isles published pages: 476-486, ISSN: 2381-8107, DOI: 10.1080/23818107.2018.1505545	Botany Letters 165/3-4	2019-11-12
2017	Inam Ullah, Jill K. Olofsson, Ashot Margaryan, Melissa Ilardo, Habib Ahmad, Martin Sikora, Anders J. Hansen, Muhammad Shahid Nadeem, Numan Fazal, Murad Ali, Anders Buchard, Brian E. Hemphill, Eske Willerslev, Morten E. Allentoft High Y-chromosomal Differentiation Among Ethnic Groups of Dir and Swat Districts, Pakistan published pages: 234-248, ISSN: 0003-4800, DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12204	Annals of Human Genetics 81/6	2019-11-12
2019	Kimberley J. Simpson, Jill K. Olofsson, Brad S. Ripley, Colin P. Osborne Frequent fires prime plant developmental responses to burning published pages: 20191315, ISSN: 0962-8452, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1315	Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286/1909	2019-11-12
2019	Luke T. Dunning, Jill K. Olofsson, Christian Parisod, Rimjhim Roy Choudhury, Jose J. Moreno-Villena, Yang Yang, Jacqueline Dionora, W. Paul Quick, Minkyu Park, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, Guillaume Besnard, Patrik Nosil, Colin P. Osborne, Pascal-Antoine Christin Lateral transfers of large DNA fragments spread functional genes among grasses published pages: 4416-4425, ISSN: 0027-8424, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1810031116	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116/10	2019-11-12
2016	Marjorie R. Lundgren, Pascal-Antoine Christin, Emmanuel Gonzalez Escobar, Brad S. Ripley, Guillaume Besnard, Christine M. Long, Paul W. Hattersley, Roger P. Ellis, Richard C. Leegood, Colin P. Osborne Evolutionary implications of C 3 -C 4 intermediates in the grass Alloteropsis semialata published pages: 1874-1885, ISSN: 0140-7791, DOI: 10.1111/pce.12665	Plant, Cell & Environment 39/9	2019-05-29
2017	Luke T. Dunning, Anne-Lise Liabot, Jill K. Olofsson, Emma K. Smith, Maria S. Vorontsova, Guillaume Besnard, Kimberley J. Simpson, Marjorie R. Lundgren, Eda Addicott, Rachael V. Gallagher, Yingying Chu, R. Toby Pennington, Pascal-Antoine Christin, Caroline E. R. Lehmann The recent and rapid spread of Themeda triandra published pages: 327-337, ISSN: 2381-8107, DOI: 10.1080/23818107.2017.1391120	Botany Letters 164/4	2019-05-29
2017	Luke T. Dunning, Marjorie R. Lundgren, Jose J. Moreno-Villena, Mary Namaganda, Erika J. Edwards, Patrik Nosil, Colin P. Osborne, Pascal-Antoine Christin Introgression and repeated co-option facilitated the recurrent emergence of C 4 photosynthesis among close relatives published pages: 1541-1555, ISSN: 0014-3820, DOI: 10.1111/evo.13250	Evolution 71/6	2019-05-29
2016	Jill K. Olofsson, Matheus Bianconi, Guillaume Besnard, Luke T. Dunning, Marjorie R. Lundgren, Helene Holota, Maria S. Vorontsova, Oriane Hidalgo, Ilia J. Leitch, Patrik Nosil, Colin P. Osborne, Pascal-Antoine Christin Genome biogeography reveals the intraspecific spread of adaptive mutations for a complex trait published pages: 6107-6123, ISSN: 0962-1083, DOI: 10.1111/mec.13914	Molecular Ecology 25/24	2019-05-29
2016	Chandra Bellasio, Marjorie R. Lundgren Anatomical constraints to C 4 evolution: light harvesting capacity in the bundle sheath published pages: 485-496, ISSN: 0028-646X, DOI: 10.1111/nph.14063	New Phytologist 212/2	2019-05-29
2017	Marjorie R. Lundgren, Pascal-Antoine Christin Despite phylogenetic effects, C 3 â€“C 4 lineages bridge the ecological gap to C 4 photosynthesis published pages: 241-254, ISSN: 0022-0957, DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw451	Journal of Experimental Botany 68/2	2019-05-29

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