Adaptive melanin response of the soil fungus Aspergillus niger to UV radiation stress at "Evolution Canyon", Mount Carmel, Israel.
BACKGROUND:Adaptation is an evolutionary process in which traits in a population are tailored by natural selection to better meet the challenges presented by the local environment. The major discussion relating to natural selection concerns the portraying of the cause and effect relationship between...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-08-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2500164?pdf=render |