Reversed evolution of grazer resistance to cyanobacteria

Jana Isanta-Navarro; Nelson G. Hairston; Jannik Beninde; Axel Meyer; Dietmar Straile; Markus Möst; Dominik Martin-Creuzburg

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22226-9

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Reversed evolution of grazer resistance to cyanobacteria

Jana Isanta-Navarro,
Nelson G. Hairston,
Jannik Beninde,
Axel Meyer,
Dietmar Straile,
Markus Möst,
Dominik Martin-Creuzburg

Affiliations

Jana Isanta-Navarro: Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz
Nelson G. Hairston: Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Jannik Beninde: Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Konstanz
Axel Meyer: Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Konstanz
Dietmar Straile: Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz
Markus Möst: University of Innsbruck, Department of Ecology
Dominik Martin-Creuzburg: Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22226-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Anthropogenic changes, such as eutrophication from lake pollution, can lead to rapid evolution. Comparing Daphnia resurrected from generations adapted to historical pollution to contemporary, post-cleanup populations finds that Daphnia rapidly reversed their evolved resistance to harmful cyanobacteria.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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