Crops and weeds running to stand still in the red queen’s climate change race

The Red Queen Hypothesis formulated by evolutionary biologist Leigh Van Valen describes how coevolving species are engaged in a continuous arms race. The hypothesis was inspired by Lewis Caroll’s novel “Through the Looking Glass” where the Red Queen says to Alice “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.” In this review we examine how climate change has heightened the arms race between crops and weeds and reflect on [...]