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Rapid Adaptation of a Daphnia magna Population to Metal Stress Is Associated with Heterozygote Excess.
Environmental science & technology - 4 Aug 2015
Hochmuth Jennifer D, De Meester Luc, Pereira Cecília M S, Janssen Colin R, De Schamphelaere Karel A C
Abstract excerpt
Although natural populations can harbor evolutionary potential to adapt genetically to chemical stress, it is often thought that natural selection leads to a general reduction of genetic diversity and involves costs. Here, a 10 week microevolution experiment was conducted with a genetically diverse and representative sample of one natural Daphnia magna population that was exposed to copper and zinc. Both Cu- and...
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