Caging and Uncaging Genetics

Tom J Little and Nick Colegrave

PLOS Biology, 2016, vol. 14, issue 7, 1-5

Abstract: It is important for biology to understand if observations made in highly reductionist laboratory settings generalise to harsh and noisy natural environments in which genetic variation is sorted to produce adaptation. But what do we learn by studying, in the laboratory, a genetically diverse population that mirrors the wild? What is the best design for studying genetic variation? When should we consider it at all? The right experimental approach depends on what you want to know.Experiments on a single genotype are powerful and appropriate. Experiments on multiple genotypes are powerful and appropriate. The right experimental design depends on the question being asked.

Date: 2016
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