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Strain-specific metabarcoding reveals rapid evolution of copper tolerance in populations of the coastal diatom Skeletonema marinoi.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2024
Andersson Björn, Berglund Olof, Filipsson Helena L, Kourtchenko Olga, Godhe Anna, Johannesson Kerstin, Töpel Mats, Pinder Matthew I M, Hoepfner Lara, Rengefors Karin
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Phytoplankton have short generation times, flexible reproduction strategies, large population sizes and high standing genetic diversity, traits that should facilitate rapid evolution under directional selection. We quantified local adaptation of copper tolerance in a population of the diatom Skeletonema marinoi from a mining-exposed inlet in the Baltic Sea and in a non-exposed population 100 km away. We...
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