For example, the hot climate of the Arabian Gulf has over the past 6 ky selected for uniquely heat - adapted local strains of corals with higher bleaching thresholds and far longer exposure tolerance to extreme heat [> 3 months of exposure tolerance to temperatures that would kill all known tropical corals (7)-RSB-. (sciencemag.org)
No one knows where or when this happened, but plant pathologists discovered last year that yellow rust can reproduce sexually, suggesting the new strain may have picked up genes from local strains by mating with them. (newscientist.com)
«On the other hand, freestanding graphene has a very flexible surface, and we found that, due to local strain effects, there is an 80 percent reduction in the amount of platinum needed to maintain effective catalysis.» (sciencedaily.com)