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Evolutionary rescue from extinction is contingent on a lower rate of environmental change.
Nature - 28 Feb 2013
Lindsey Haley A, Gallie Jenna, Taylor Susan, Kerr Benjamin
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The extinction rate of populations is predicted to rise under increasing rates of environmental change. If a population experiencing increasingly stressful conditions lacks appropriate phenotypic plasticity or access to more suitable habitats, then genetic change may be the only way to avoid extinction. Evolutionary rescue from extinction occurs when natural selection enriches a population for more...
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