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Ecology, Biology, Environmental Science and podcast with Katie Lotterhos
Big Biology, Episode 141, Hosted by Marty Martin and Cameron Ghalambor
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Katie Lotterhos discusses a survey of the effects of US policy changes on ecology, evolution, marine and environmental research. The conversation then turns to oysters as a system for studying local adaptation and the genomic vulnerability of populations facing environmental change.
Topics
US policy changesEcologyEvolutionenvironmental researchoysterslocal adaptationgenomic vulnerabilitypopulationsenvironmental change
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