Aquatic Insect 'Family Trees' Provide Clues About Sensitivity To Pollution
Friday, June 20, 2008 - 22:35
in Biology & Nature
A new study in the 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.