Simultaneous experiments pinpointed genetic variants associated with successful adaptation to climate change — and the tipping point beyond which plants can’t adapt.
For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that plants will not be able to evolve fast enough to adapt to a rapidly warming planet. But the pace of research to understand how species respond has been slow, typically based on single, stand-alone experiments by isolated research groups around the world.
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