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Climate change may speed evolution through inherited gene regulation changes - Phys.org
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New research indicates that climate change can accelerate evolution by producing environmentally induced, heritable changes in gene regulation that are passed to offspring. These regulatory shifts could allow populations to respond more quickly to warming and altered ecosystems than through DNA mutation alone. That finding suggests some environmental effects can behave like inherited factors, which may complicate how researchers separate genetic and environmental contributions to traits and timing in organisms.
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