Local Adaptation In Brown Trout Early Life-History Traits: Implications For Climate Change Adaptability

The ability of organisms to adapt to global warming is an issue of concern. Four brown trout populations in Denmark were studied, which spawn in rivers experiencing different temperature conditions during the time of incubation of eggs and embryos. By rearing fry from the populations in a common environmental setting, we demonstrated that they were genetically adapted to temperature conditions in their home rivers at ecologically important juvenile traits.

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Filed under: Veterinary on September 8th, 2008