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Decimation by sea star wasting disease and rapid genetic change in a keystone species, Pisaster ochraceus.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 3 Jul 2018
Schiebelhut Lauren M, Puritz Jonathan B, Dawson Michael N
Abstract excerpt
Standing genetic variation enables or restricts a population's capacity to respond to changing conditions, including the extreme disturbances expected to increase in frequency and intensity with continuing anthropogenic climate change. However, we know little about how populations might respond to extreme events with rapid genetic shifts, or how population dynamics may influence and be influenced by population...
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