First Experimental Evidence For Speedy Adaptation To Pesticides By Worm Species
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 06:15
in Biology & Nature
Scientists in Portugal have shown that populations of the worm Caenhorabditis elegans become resistance to pesticides in 20 generations -- that is, in only 80 days.
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