A decade-long study of the scarlet monkeyflower in the western United States shows how nature can adapt to climate pressure. As prolonged drought reduced populations, researchers tracked rapid genetic changes across entire genomes that improved drought tolerance. The plants evolved quickly enough to stabilize and begin recovering in the wild.
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La naturaleza puede acelerar la evolución para ayudar a especies a sobrevivir

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Un estudio de más de una década sobre la flor escarlata “monkeyflower” en el oeste de Estados Unidos revela cómo la naturaleza puede responder al clima extremo. Tras años de sequía que redujeron las poblaciones, las plantas desarrollaron cambios genéticos rápidos que aumentaron su tolerancia al agua escasa y permitieron su recuperación.

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