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16958877

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
Over the next century, it is expected that the concentration of CO(2) in the atmosphere will roughly double (Watson et al., 2001, Climate Change 2001: the Scientific Basis, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva). Microbial populations, which have large population sizes and short generation times, may respond to CO(2) enrichment through genetic change. Here we describe microalgae isolated from the soil of natural CO(2) springs and compare these strains with lines of Chlamydomonas that were selected at elevated CO(2) in the laboratory. Both the laboratory and natural populations failed to evolve specific adaptations to elevated CO(2), and contain populations that grow poorly at ambient levels of CO(2). Laboratory and CO(2) spring populations also include lines whose growth rates are insensitive to CO(2). This demonstrates that, although laboratory selection experiments use simplified environments, the evolutionary responses that are seen following long-term CO(2) enrichment correspond to those found in natural populations that have experienced similar conditions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1461-0248
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
129-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Evolution of natural algal populations at elevated CO2.
pubmed:publicationType
Letter