Analysis of bread mold genomes demos 'reverse-ecology' tool
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 16:31
in Biology & Nature
In a demonstration of "reverse-ecology," biologists have shown that one can determine an organism's adaptive traits by looking first at its genome and checking for variations across a population. The study offers a powerful new tool in evolutionary genetics research, one that could be used to help monitor the effects of climate change and habitat destruction.