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Historic Adaptations May Now Make Us Susceptible to Disease
Researchers made the find using an algorithm that purportedly distinguishes between mutations that were selected for and those that came along for the ride by coincidence, a feat that has long eluded scientists.
Historic Adaptations May Now Make Us Susceptible to Disease
Historic Adaptations May Now Make Us Susceptible to Disease

Researchers made the find using an algorithm that purportedly distinguishes between mutations that were selected for and those that came along for the ride by coincidence, a feat that has long eluded scientists.

Researchers made the find using an algorithm that purportedly distinguishes between mutations that were selected for and those that came along for the ride by coincidence, a feat that has long eluded scientists.

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Copepod (Zooplankton) are a group of small crustaceans found in the marine and freshwater habitat.
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Researchers found that copepod genomes adapt in distinct ways when simultaneously exposed to multiple environmental conditions.
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Deadly Facial Tumors Spur Tasmanian Devil Evolution: Study
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The largest study to date of the animals’ genetics provides robust evidence that they are adapting to survive a highly lethal, contagious cancer scientists feared would cause their extinction.
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Members of species with shells they must hold onto for survival have larger sexual tubes than those with less precious private property.
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Unlike other populations living at high altitude, Andeans didn’t rely on hypoxia-related genes.
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Improving Gene Therapy with In Vivo Selection
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Ants Select Better Microbes
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Climate-Shaped Arabidopsis Genome
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Two genome-wide studies, backed up by field experiments, identify SNPs that correlate with Arabidopsis fitness in various climates.
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