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Pollution-Driven Selection in a Non-Biting Midge: Genome-Wide Responses to Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis and Copper.
Molecular ecology - 1 Feb 2026
Röder Nina, Kolbenschlag Sara, Pietz Sebastian, Brennan Reid S, Bundschuh Mirco, Pfenninger Markus, Schwenk Klaus
Abstract excerpt
Riparian ecosystems are vital interfaces between aquatic and terrestrial environments but are increasingly impacted by anthropogenic pollution. In these systems, merolimnic insects serve as crucial ecological links, occupying aquatic habitats as larvae and terrestrial environments as adults, thus being an essential food source in both. Consequently, pollutant exposure during the aquatic larval stage can have...
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