Genetic Mutants Can Alter Entire Biological Communities (VIDEO)

Trinity College Dublin

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Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that one gene mutation in a single species can trigger dramatic change in whole biological communities -- as much as that caused by the extinction of a top predator.

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Leen Tangney.

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