Aquatic insect 'family trees' provide clues about sensitivity to pollution
Monday, June 16, 2008 - 16:42
in Biology & Nature
A North Carolina State University study published online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that examining an insect's "family tree" might help predict a "cousin" insect's level of tolerance to pollutants, and therefore could be a reliable way to understand why certain insect species thrive or suffer under specific ecological conditions.
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