University of Michigan: Past Is Prologue - Genetic 'Memory' of Ancestral Environments Helps Organisms Readapt
May 23, 2020
May 23, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 23 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
Organisms carry long-term "memories" of their ancestral homelands that help them adapt to environmental change, according to a new study that involved raising chickens on the Tibetan Plateau and an adjacent lowland site.
The study provides new insights into how creatures adapt to changing environments, a topic that's especially relevant in the context of rapid cli . . .
Organisms carry long-term "memories" of their ancestral homelands that help them adapt to environmental change, according to a new study that involved raising chickens on the Tibetan Plateau and an adjacent lowland site.
The study provides new insights into how creatures adapt to changing environments, a topic that's especially relevant in the context of rapid cli . . .