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Evolution of stickleback in 50 years on earthquake-uplifted islands.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Dec 2015
Lescak Emily A, Bassham Susan L, Catchen Julian, Gelmond Ofer, Sherbick Mary L, von Hippel Frank A, Cresko William A
Abstract excerpt
How rapidly can animal populations in the wild evolve when faced with sudden environmental shifts? Uplift during the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake abruptly created freshwater ponds on multiple islands in Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska. In the short time since the earthquake, the phenotypes of resident freshwater threespine stickleback fish on at least three of these islands have changed dramatically...
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