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Genomewide investigation of adaptation to harmful algal blooms in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2015
Cammen Kristina M, Schultz Thomas F, Rosel Patricia E, Wells Randall S, Read Andrew J
Abstract excerpt
Harmful algal blooms (HABs), which can be lethal in marine species and cause illness in humans, are increasing worldwide. In the Gulf of Mexico, HABs of Karenia brevis produce neurotoxic brevetoxins that cause large-scale marine mortality events. The long history of such blooms, combined with the potentially severe effects of exposure, may have produced a strong selective pressure for evolved resistance. Advances...
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