Tidepool Copepod (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Tidepool Copepod

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The tide pool copepod Tigriopus californicus is found from Alaska to Baja California -- but in a unique lab study at UC Davis, the animals showed little ability to evolve heat tolerance over 10 generations.

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Morgan Kelly, UC Davis

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