Essays about: "Microevolution"

Found 2 essays containing the word Microevolution.

  1. 1. Adaptation of Stagnicola palustris to Rapid Climate Change in the Baltic Sea

    University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Tarikul Islam; [2011]
    Keywords : Sustainable development;

    Abstract : Rapid climate change is one of the most pressing environmental issues in the world, with Scandinavia andthe Arctic among those projected to be most strongly affected. Faced with a changing environment,organisms may respond in three ways – by adaptation, migration or extinction. READ MORE

  3. 2. Evolution toward pollution-resistant ecotypes of Baltic threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, suggested by AFLP markers

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Ambjörn Johansson; [2008]
    Keywords : Microevolution; threespine stickleback; population genetics; genetic response; pollution;

    Abstract : This study used amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) to detect changes of genetic variation in threespine stickleback exposed to industrial pollution from pulp- and paper mills along the southern east coast of Sweden. A general loss of allelic diversity was associated with exposure (table 3, linear model, F1,4=7.2 [P=0. READ MORE