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Experimental evolution gone wild.
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface - 6 May 2015
Scheinin M, Riebesell U, Rynearson T A, Lohbeck K T, Collins S
Abstract excerpt
Because of their large population sizes and rapid cell division rates, marine microbes have, or can generate, ample variation to fuel evolution over a few weeks or months, and subsequently have the potential to evolve in response to global change. Here we measure evolution in the marine diatom Skeletonema marinoi evolved in a natural plankton community in CO2-enriched mesocosms deployed in situ. Mesocosm...
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