Resurrection genomics provides molecular and phenotypic evidence of rapid adaptation to salinization in a keystone aquatic species.

ABSTRACT: Ecologists and evolutionary biologists are increasingly cognizant of rapid adaptation in wild populations. Rapid adaptation to anthropogenic environmental change is critical for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystems services into the future. Anthropogenic salinization of freshwater ecosystems is quickly emerging as a primary threat, which is well documented in the northern temperate ecoregion. Specifically, many northern temperate lakes have undergone extensive salinization because of urbanization and the associated increase in impervious surfaces causing runoff, and the extensive use of road deicing salts (e.g., NaCl). It remains unclear whether increasing salinization will lead to extirpation of species from these systems. Using a "resurrection genomics" approach, we investigated wheth

SUBMITTER: Wersebe MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9963159 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature