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Study shows plant species' genetic responses to climate change

2015-08-27 02:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Physorg: A study by the University of Liverpool has found that the genetic diversity of wild plant species could be altered rapidly by anthropogenic climate change. Scientists studied the genetic responses of different wild plant species, located in a natural grassland ecosystem near Buxton, to a variety of simulated climate change treatments-including drought, watering, and warming-over a 15-year period. Analysis of DNA markers in the plants revealed that the climate change treatments had altered the...

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