Innovative molecular techniques explain how corals on the east coast of Australia survived previous tough conditions–enabling the Great Barrier Reef to become the vast reef it is today. Scientists mapped the rise and fall of two coral populations on the reef, tracking which genes rapidly evolved to endure changing conditions, while measuring the flow of genes between locations.
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Source: ScienceDaily