Adaptation to different rates of environmental change in Chlamydomonas.

doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00770.x

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Adaptation to different rates of environmental change in Chlamydomonas.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2009

Collins Sinéad, de Meaux Juliette

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We investigate how different rates of environmental change affect adaptive outcomes and dynamics by selecting Chlamydomonas populations for over 200 generations in environments where the rate of change varies. We find that slower rates of environmental change result in end populations that grow f...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Base Sequence
Biological Evolution
Chlamydomonas
DNA Primers
Genotype
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Selection, Genetic

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