How Organisms Change Their Environment and Themselves
Jim Crocker
26th April, 2024
Image Source: Natural Science News, 2024
Key Findings
- Study from Universität Göttingen explores how organisms adapt by transforming their environments
- Temporary environmental changes don't offer new insights, but prolonged changes affect organism adaptability
- Organisms can adapt within a single episode by altering their modifying environment, impacting immediate adaptability
References
Main Study
1) Adaptation through organism-induced environmental transformations—a systems representation
Published 25th April, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12080-024-00576-6
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