François Massol

CNRS, Montpellier, France

This course will focus on evolutionary dynamics from the viewpoint of adaptation. During the course, I will discuss the following topics:

1. Basics of natural selection
2. The concept of fitness
3. Evolution in structured populations
4. Phenotypic models (quantitative genetics, game theory, adaptive dynamics)
5. Kin selection and group selection
6. Computing fitness in metapopulations
7. Case study: The evolution of dispersal
8. Evolutionary models for multiple traits
9. Clarifying genetic correlation, correlated selection, tradeoffs, and syndromes
10. Case study: the evolution of distribution margins with genetic correlations

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HoPbauer J. & Sigmund K. (1990).Adaptive dynamics and evolutionary stability. Appl Math Lett, 3, 75-79. http://homepage.univie.ac.at/karl.sigmund/adaptivedynamics.pdf

Lenormand T. (2002). Gene flow and the limits to natural selection. Trends Ecol Evol, 17, 183-189. http://www.ugr.es/~jmgreyes/gene%20Plow%20limit%20nat%20selection.pdf or http://www.cell.com/trends/ecologyevolution/abstract/S01695347(02)024977

Reeve H.K. & Sherman P.W. (1993). Adaptation and the goals of evolutionary research. Q Rev Biol, 132. http://www.ugr.es/~jmgreyes/Reeve.pdf

Duputié A., Massol F., Chuine I., Kirkpatrick M. & Ronce O. (2012). How do genetic correlations affect species range shifts in a changing environment? Ecol Lett, 15, 251-259. http://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/images/stories/DPTEFonctionnelle/BIOFLUX/Chercheurs/isabelle_chuine/publications/Duputie_etal_EcolLet%202012.pdf

Massol F., Duputié A., David P. & Jarne P. (2011). Asymmetric patch size distribution leads to disruptive selection on dispersal. Evolution, 65, 490-500. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.15585646.2010.01143.x/abstract