These findings provide new insights on the genetic mechanisms underlying the evolution of adaptive traits. (genestogenomes.org)
By linking the different phases of the bacterial life cycle, the spore «memory» could drive adaptations to ecological niches and trigger the emergence of various adaptive traits in microbes. (sciencedaily.com)
Maintenance of biodiversity in a rapidly changing climate will depend on the efficacy of evolutionary rescue, whereby population declines due to abrupt environmental change are reversed by shifts in genetically driven adaptive traits. (science.sciencemag.org)