AFP: At least one fish species can adapt in just three generations to survive a sharp change in temperature, researchers said in a study on the fastest rate of evolution ever recorded in wild animals."Our study is the first to experimentally show that certain species in the wild could adapt to climate change very rapidly," said Friday lead researcher Rowan Barrett. However, the University of British Columbia evolutionary geneticist warned, the evolutionary jump carries a deadly price tag: ......
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Climate change sparks ‘quickest evolution ever’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 7th, 2010
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