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Rapid evolution of thermal tolerance in the water flea Daphnia

Author(s) -

Aurora Geerts,

Joost Vanoverbeke,

Bram Vanschoenwinkel,

Wendy Van Doorslaer,

Heidrun Feuchtmayr,

David Atkinson,

Brian Moss,

Thomas A. Davidson,

CD Sayer,

Luc De Meester

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

nature climate change

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.749

H-Index - 189

eISSN - 1758-6798

pISSN - 1758-678X

DOI - 10.1038/nclimate2628

Subject(s) - daphnia , biology , climate change , natural selection , ecology , natural (archaeology) , selection (genetic algorithm) , zooplankton , paleontology , artificial intelligence , computer science

A manipulation experiment, combined with reconstructed evolutionary history from a dormant egg bank found in recent lake sediments, reveals that water fleas (Daphnia) can exhibit a rapid increase in their capacity to tolerate higher temperatures.

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