Wild tomatoes contain immense natural trait diversity. This study by Pease et al. describes the evolutionary processes that have generated this diversity over only a few million years, revealing evidence for three unique sources of genetic variation that have fuelled adaptive diversification in this group—postspeciation hybridization, rapid accumulation of new mutations, and recruitment from ancestral variation. The image shows fruit from the wild tomato Solanum pimpinellifolium, a close relative of the domesticated tomato and member of the red-fruited subclade.
Image Credit: Leonie Moyle
Editorial
PLOS Biology 2015 Reviewer Thank You
PLOS Biology: published February 23, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002406
Synopsis
The Trypanosome Nuclear Pore Reveals 1.5 Billion Years of Similarities and Differences
PLOS Biology: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002366
Related Articles
Essay
Temporal Structure in Cooperative Interactions: What Does the Timing of Exploitation Tell Us about Its Cost?
PLOS Biology: published February 3, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002371
Primers
Whisking, Sniffing, and the Hippocampal θ-Rhythm: A Tale of Two Oscillators
PLOS Biology: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002385
Related Articles
Networking in the Plant Microbiome
PLOS Biology: published February 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002378
Related Articles
Community Pages
Science Educational Outreach Programs That Benefit Students and Scientists
PLOS Biology: published February 4, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002368
A Guide to Scientific Crowdfunding
PLOS Biology: published February 17, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002373
Research Articles
Adaptation to Temporally Fluctuating Environments by the Evolution of Maternal Effects
PLOS Biology: published February 24, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002388
Phylogenomics Reveals Three Sources of Adaptive Variation during a Rapid Radiation
PLOS Biology: published February 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002379
Social Evolution Selects for Redundancy in Bacterial Quorum Sensing
PLOS Biology: published February 29, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002386
Ret and Etv4 Promote Directed Movements of Progenitor Cells during Renal Branching Morphogenesis
PLOS Biology: published February 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002382
Related Articles
mTORC1 in Thymic Epithelial Cells Is Critical for Thymopoiesis, T-Cell Generation, and Temporal Control of γδT17 Development and TCRγ/δ Recombination
PLOS Biology: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002370
An Attention-Sensitive Memory Trace in Macaque MT Following Saccadic Eye Movements
PLOS Biology: published February 22, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002390
Coherence between Rat Sensorimotor System and Hippocampus Is Enhanced during Tactile Discrimination
PLOS Biology: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002384
Related Articles
Membrane Potential Dynamics of Spontaneous and Visually Evoked Gamma Activity in V1 of Awake Mice
PLOS Biology: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002383
Growth-Blocking Peptides As Nutrition-Sensitive Signals for Insulin Secretion and Body Size Regulation
PLOS Biology: published February 29, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002392
Related Articles
Gβ Regulates Coupling between Actin Oscillators for Cell Polarity and Directional Migration
PLOS Biology: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002381
PI(4)P Promotes Phosphorylation and Conformational Change of Smoothened through Interaction with Its C-terminal Tail
PLOS Biology: published February 10, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002375
Interactome Mapping Reveals the Evolutionary History of the Nuclear Pore Complex
PLOS Biology: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002365
Related Articles
Chromosome Synapsis Alleviates Mek1-Dependent Suppression of Meiotic DNA Repair
PLOS Biology: published February 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002369
Tel1 and Rif2 Regulate MRX Functions in End-Tethering and Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks
PLOS Biology: published February 22, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002387
Correction
Correction: Live Imaging of Innate Immune Cell Sensing of Transformed Cells in Zebrafish Larvae: Parallels between Tumor Initiation and Wound Inflammation
PLOS Biology: published February 11, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002377