Pollution breaks down the genetic architecture of life history traits in Caenorhabditis elegans.

When pollution occurs in an environment, populations present suffer numerous negative and immediate effects on their life history traits. Their evolutionary potential to live in a highly stressful environment will depend on the selection pressure strengths and on the genetic structure, the trait her...

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Main Authors: Morgan Dutilleul, Benoit Goussen, Jean-Marc Bonzom, Simon Galas, Denis Réale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116214