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Rapid evolution of highly variable competitive abilities in a key phytoplankton species
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posted on 2023-05-20, 05:20 authored by Lennart BachLennart Bach, Lohbeck, KT, Reusch, TBH, Riebesell, UClimate change challenges plankton communities, but evolutionary adaptation could mitigate the potential impacts. Here, we tested with the phytoplankton species Emiliania huxleyi whether adaptation to a stressor under laboratory conditions leads to equivalent fitness gains in a more natural environment. We found that fitness advantages that had evolved under laboratory conditions were masked by pleiotropic effects in natural plankton communities. Moreover, new genotypes with highly variable competitive abilities evolved on timescales significantly shorter than climate change.
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Publication title
Nature Ecology and EvolutionPagination
611-613ISSN
2397-334XDepartment/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
Nature Publishing GroupPlace of publication
United KingdomRights statement
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