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Genotype diversity promotes the persistence of Daphnia populations exposed to severe copper stress.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Feb 2022
Loria Alessandra, Cristescu Melania E, Gonzalez Andrew
Abstract excerpt
When environmental stressors of high intensity are sustained for long periods of time, populations face high probabilities of being extirpated. However, depending on the intensity of the stressor, large populations with sufficient genetic diversity may persist. We report the results of an experiment that tracked the persistence of Daphnia populations exposed to copper contamination. We assessed whether genotypic...
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