Climate change can accelerate the evolution of species through inherited changes in genetic regulation, according to a new study based on fruit flies. Higher mean temperatures and more extreme events such as heat waves lead to increasingly frequent stressful episodes, which can function as strong evolutionary drivers.
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Climate change can accelerate the evolution of species through inherited changes in genetic regulation, according to a new study based on fruit flies. Higher mean temperatures and more extreme events such as heat waves lead to increasingly frequent stressful episodes, which can function as strong evolutionary drivers.