Bet hedging in a unicellular microalga

Abstract Understanding how organisms have adapted to persist in unpredictable environments is a fundamental goal in biology. Bet hedging, an evolutionary adaptation observed from microbes to humans, facilitates reproduction and population persistence in randomly fluctuating environments. Despite its...

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Main Authors: Si Tang, Yaqing Liu, Jianming Zhu, Xueyu Cheng, Lu Liu, Katrin Hammerschmidt, Jin Zhou, Zhonghua Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46297-6