Certain apparently advantageous traits have failed to evolve due to evolutionary constraints
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 85/100
Multiple studies demonstrate that evolutionary, genetic, and phylogenetic constraints frequently limit or prevent the adaptation of populations and species to changing environmental pressures.
Evidence for · 6
Macroevolution of life‐history traits in passerine birds: adaptation and phylogenetic inertia
2013 · cited by 39
The authors demonstrate that certain passerine breeding traits are limited by strong phylogenetic inertia.
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The Evolutionary Constraints on Angiosperm Chloroplast Adaptation
2023 · cited by 34
The authors show that genetic and compositional factors exert substantial limitations on the capacity for adaptive evolution in chloroplasts.
The evolutionary constraints on angiosperm chloroplast adaptation
2022 · cited by 1
The authors note that amino acid composition and mutation gradients constrain the adaptive evolution and evolvability of angiosperm chloroplasts.
Evolutionary constraints could hamper adaptation to climate change in a forest herb
2022 · cited by 0
The authors find that evolutionary constraints and low adaptive capacity may prevent forest herbs from tracking climate change.
Evolutionary constraints on physiology confound range shift predictions of two nacellid limpets.
2022 · cited by 0
The authors demonstrate an evolutionary constraint on a limpet's physiology, maintaining a cold climate legacy that hampers its thermal adaptation.
Genetic constraints on adaptation: a theoretical primer for the genomics era.
2018 · cited by 0
The authors review how genetic constraints such as pleiotropy, dominance, and linkage slow or prohibit adaptive evolution.