Genetic mutants alter entire biological communities

Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 04:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that one gene mutation in a single species can trigger dramatic changes in whole biological communities; changes can be as great as those caused by the extinction of a top predator.

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