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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Antibiotic concentrations vary dramatically in the body and the environment.
Hence, understanding the dynamics of resistance evolution along antibiotic concentration
gradients is critical for predicting and slowing the emergence and spread of resistance.
While it has been shown that increasing the concentration of an antibiotic slows
resistance evolution, how adaptation to one antibiotic concentration correlates
with fitness at other points along the gradient has not received much attention.
Here, we selected populations of Escherichia coli at several points along a concentration
gradient for three different antibiotics, asking how rapidly resistance evolved
and whether populations became specialized to the antibiotic concentration they
were selected on. Populations selected at higher concentrations evolved resistance
more slowly but exhibited equal or higher fitness across the whole gradient. Populations
selected at lower concentrations evolved resistance rapidly, but overall fitness
in the presence of antibiotics was lower. However, these populations readily adapted
to higher concentrations upon subsequent selection. Our results indicate that
resistance management strategies must account not only for the rates of resistance
evolution but also for the fitness of evolved strains.
acknowledgement: We would like to thank Martin Ackermann, Camilo Barbosa, Nick Barton,
Jonathan Bollback, Sebastian Bonhoeffer, Nick Colegrave, Calin Guet, Alex Hall,
Sally Otto, Tiago Paixao, Srdjan Sarikas, Hinrich Schulenburg, Marjon de Vos and
Michael Whitlock for insightful support.
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- first_name: Mato
full_name: Lagator, Mato
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last_name: Lagator
- first_name: Hildegard
full_name: Uecker, Hildegard
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last_name: Uecker
orcid: 0000-0001-9435-2813
- first_name: Paul
full_name: Neve, Paul
last_name: Neve
citation:
ama: Lagator M, Uecker H, Neve P. Adaptation at different points along antibiotic
concentration gradients. Biology letters. 2021;17(5). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2020.0913
apa: Lagator, M., Uecker, H., & Neve, P. (2021). Adaptation at different points
along antibiotic concentration gradients. Biology Letters. Royal Society
of London. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0913
chicago: Lagator, Mato, Hildegard Uecker, and Paul Neve. “Adaptation at Different
Points along Antibiotic Concentration Gradients.” Biology Letters. Royal
Society of London, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0913.
ieee: M. Lagator, H. Uecker, and P. Neve, “Adaptation at different points along
antibiotic concentration gradients,” Biology letters, vol. 17, no. 5. Royal
Society of London, 2021.
ista: Lagator M, Uecker H, Neve P. 2021. Adaptation at different points along antibiotic
concentration gradients. Biology letters. 17(5), 20200913.
mla: Lagator, Mato, et al. “Adaptation at Different Points along Antibiotic Concentration
Gradients.” Biology Letters, vol. 17, no. 5, 20200913, Royal Society of
London, 2021, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2020.0913.
short: M. Lagator, H. Uecker, P. Neve, Biology Letters 17 (2021).
date_created: 2021-05-23T22:01:43Z
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abstract:
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text: Severe environmental change can drive a population extinct unless the population
adapts in time to the new conditions (“evolutionary rescue”). How does biparental
sexual reproduction influence the chances of population persistence compared to
clonal reproduction or selfing? In this article, we set up a one‐locus two‐allele
model for adaptation in diploid species, where rescue is contingent on the establishment
of the mutant homozygote. Reproduction can occur by random mating, selfing, or
clonally. Random mating generates and destroys the rescue mutant; selfing is efficient
at generating it but at the same time depletes the heterozygote, which can lead
to a low mutant frequency in the standing genetic variation. Due to these (and
other) antagonistic effects, we find a nontrivial dependence of population survival
on the rate of sex/selfing, which is strongly influenced by the dominance coefficient
of the mutation before and after the environmental change. Importantly, since
mating with the wild‐type breaks the mutant homozygote up, a slow decay of the
wild‐type population size can impede rescue in randomly mating populations.
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citation:
ama: Uecker H. Evolutionary rescue in randomly mating, selfing, and clonal populations.
Evolution. 2017;71(4):845-858. doi:10.1111/evo.13191
apa: Uecker, H. (2017). Evolutionary rescue in randomly mating, selfing, and clonal
populations. Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13191
chicago: Uecker, Hildegard. “Evolutionary Rescue in Randomly Mating, Selfing, and
Clonal Populations.” Evolution. Wiley-Blackwell, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13191.
ieee: H. Uecker, “Evolutionary rescue in randomly mating, selfing, and clonal populations,”
Evolution, vol. 71, no. 4. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 845–858, 2017.
ista: Uecker H. 2017. Evolutionary rescue in randomly mating, selfing, and clonal
populations. Evolution. 71(4), 845–858.
mla: Uecker, Hildegard. “Evolutionary Rescue in Randomly Mating, Selfing, and Clonal
Populations.” Evolution, vol. 71, no. 4, Wiley-Blackwell, 2017, pp. 845–58,
doi:10.1111/evo.13191.
short: H. Uecker, Evolution 71 (2017) 845–858.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:49:57Z
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---
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abstract:
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text: 'How likely is it that a population escapes extinction through adaptive evolution?
The answer to this question is of great relevance in conservation biology, where
we aim at species’ rescue and the maintenance of biodiversity, and in agriculture
and medicine, where we seek to hamper the emergence of pesticide or drug resistance.
By reshuffling the genome, recombination has two antagonistic effects on the probability
of evolutionary rescue: It generates and it breaks up favorable gene combinations.
Which of the two effects prevails depends on the fitness effects of mutations
and on the impact of stochasticity on the allele frequencies. In this article,
we analyze a mathematical model for rescue after a sudden environmental change
when adaptation is contingent on mutations at two loci. The analysis reveals a
complex nonlinear dependence of population survival on recombination. We moreover
find that, counterintuitively, a fast eradication of the wild type can promote
rescue in the presence of recombination. The model also shows that two-step rescue
is not unlikely to happen and can even be more likely than single-step rescue
(where adaptation relies on a single mutation), depending on the circumstances.'
acknowledgement: This work was made possible by a “For Women in Science” fellowship
(L’Oréal Österreich in cooperation with the Austrian Commission for the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization and the Austrian Academy of Sciences
with financial support from the Federal Ministry for Science and Research Austria)
and European Research Council grant 250152 (to Nick Barton).
author:
- first_name: Hildegard
full_name: Uecker, Hildegard
id: 2DB8F68A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Uecker
orcid: 0000-0001-9435-2813
- first_name: Joachim
full_name: Hermisson, Joachim
last_name: Hermisson
citation:
ama: Uecker H, Hermisson J. The role of recombination in evolutionary rescue. Genetics.
2016;202(2):721-732. doi:10.1534/genetics.115.180299
apa: Uecker, H., & Hermisson, J. (2016). The role of recombination in evolutionary
rescue. Genetics. Genetics Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.180299
chicago: Uecker, Hildegard, and Joachim Hermisson. “The Role of Recombination in
Evolutionary Rescue.” Genetics. Genetics Society of America, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.180299.
ieee: H. Uecker and J. Hermisson, “The role of recombination in evolutionary rescue,”
Genetics, vol. 202, no. 2. Genetics Society of America, pp. 721–732, 2016.
ista: Uecker H, Hermisson J. 2016. The role of recombination in evolutionary rescue.
Genetics. 202(2), 721–732.
mla: Uecker, Hildegard, and Joachim Hermisson. “The Role of Recombination in Evolutionary
Rescue.” Genetics, vol. 202, no. 2, Genetics Society of America, 2016,
pp. 721–32, doi:10.1534/genetics.115.180299.
short: H. Uecker, J. Hermisson, Genetics 202 (2016) 721–732.
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:50:54Z
date_published: 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-02-21T10:24:19Z
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---
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abstract:
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text: By hybridization and backcrossing, alleles can surmount species boundaries
and be incorporated into the genome of a related species. This introgression of
genes is of particular evolutionary relevance if it involves the transfer of adaptations
between populations. However, any beneficial allele will typically be associated
with other alien alleles that are often deleterious and hamper the introgression
process. In order to describe the introgression of an adaptive allele, we set
up a stochastic model with an explicit genetic makeup of linked and unlinked deleterious
alleles. Based on the theory of reducible multitype branching processes, we derive
a recursive expression for the establishment probability of the beneficial allele
after a single hybridization event. We furthermore study the probability that
slightly deleterious alleles hitchhike to fixation. The key to the analysis is
a split of the process into a stochastic phase in which the advantageous alleles
establishes and a deterministic phase in which it sweeps to fixation. We thereafter
apply the theory to a set of biologically relevant scenarios such as introgression
in the presence of many unlinked or few closely linked deleterious alleles. A
comparison to computer simulations shows that the approximations work well over
a large parameter range.
acknowledgement: This work was made possible with financial support by the Vienna
Science and Technology Fund (WWTF), by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG),
Research Unit 1078 Natural selection in structured populations, by the Austrian
Science Fund (FWF) via funding for the Vienna Graduate School for Population Genetics,
and by a “For Women in Science” fellowship (L’Oréal Österreich in cooperation with
the Austrian Commission for UNESCO and the Austrian Academy of Sciences with financial
support from the Federal Ministry for Science and Research Austria).
author:
- first_name: Hildegard
full_name: Uecker, Hildegard
id: 2DB8F68A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Uecker
orcid: 0000-0001-9435-2813
- first_name: Derek
full_name: Setter, Derek
last_name: Setter
- first_name: Joachim
full_name: Hermisson, Joachim
last_name: Hermisson
citation:
ama: Uecker H, Setter D, Hermisson J. Adaptive gene introgression after secondary
contact. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 2015;70(7):1523-1580. doi:10.1007/s00285-014-0802-y
apa: Uecker, H., Setter, D., & Hermisson, J. (2015). Adaptive gene introgression
after secondary contact. Journal of Mathematical Biology. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-014-0802-y
chicago: Uecker, Hildegard, Derek Setter, and Joachim Hermisson. “Adaptive Gene
Introgression after Secondary Contact.” Journal of Mathematical Biology.
Springer, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-014-0802-y.
ieee: H. Uecker, D. Setter, and J. Hermisson, “Adaptive gene introgression after
secondary contact,” Journal of Mathematical Biology, vol. 70, no. 7. Springer,
pp. 1523–1580, 2015.
ista: Uecker H, Setter D, Hermisson J. 2015. Adaptive gene introgression after secondary
contact. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 70(7), 1523–1580.
mla: Uecker, Hildegard, et al. “Adaptive Gene Introgression after Secondary Contact.”
Journal of Mathematical Biology, vol. 70, no. 7, Springer, 2015, pp. 1523–80,
doi:10.1007/s00285-014-0802-y.
short: H. Uecker, D. Setter, J. Hermisson, Journal of Mathematical Biology 70 (2015)
1523–1580.
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