Ellegaard, Marianne and Clokie, Martha RJ and Czypionka, Till and Frisch, Dagmar and Godhe, Anna and Kremp, Anke and Letarov, Andrey and McGenity, Terry J and Ribeiro, Sofia and John Anderson, N (2020) Dead or alive: sediment DNA archives as tools for tracking aquatic evolution and adaptation. Communications Biology, 3 (1). 169-. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-0899-z
Ellegaard, Marianne and Clokie, Martha RJ and Czypionka, Till and Frisch, Dagmar and Godhe, Anna and Kremp, Anke and Letarov, Andrey and McGenity, Terry J and Ribeiro, Sofia and John Anderson, N (2020) Dead or alive: sediment DNA archives as tools for tracking aquatic evolution and adaptation. Communications Biology, 3 (1). 169-. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-0899-z
Ellegaard, Marianne and Clokie, Martha RJ and Czypionka, Till and Frisch, Dagmar and Godhe, Anna and Kremp, Anke and Letarov, Andrey and McGenity, Terry J and Ribeiro, Sofia and John Anderson, N (2020) Dead or alive: sediment DNA archives as tools for tracking aquatic evolution and adaptation. Communications Biology, 3 (1). 169-. DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-0899-z
Abstract
DNA can be preserved in marine and freshwater sediments both in bulk sediment and in intact, viable resting stages. Here, we assess the potential for combined use of ancient, environmental, DNA and timeseries of resurrected long-term dormant organisms, to reconstruct trophic interactions and evolutionary adaptation to changing environments. These new methods, coupled with independent evidence of biotic and abiotic forcing factors, can provide a holistic view of past ecosystems beyond that offered by standard palaeoecology, help us assess implications of ecological and molecular change for contemporary ecosystem functioning and services, and improve our ability to predict adaptation to environmental stress.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animals; Zooplankton; Phytoplankton; DNA; DNA, Archaeal; DNA, Bacterial; DNA, Fungal; DNA, Viral; Ecosystem; Environmental Monitoring; Acclimatization; Evolution, Molecular; Phylogeny; Species Specificity; Geologic Sediments; Time Factors; DNA, Ancient |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Life Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 14 Apr 2020 13:45 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 17:02 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/27307 |
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