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.

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