Snails Reintroduced after Toxic bloom

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Evolution in real time: Scientists predict—and witness—evolution in a 30-year marine snail experiment

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Study led by researchers from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria and the University of Gothenburg , Sweden , is published in Science Advances .

The marine snails were reintroduced after a toxic algal bloom wiped them out from the skerry in 1988 .

Researchers intentionally brought in a distinct population of the same snail species, but these evolved to strikingly resemble the population lost 30 years prior.

Scientists know that a species with high enough genetic variation can adapt more rapidly to change.

The team now wants to learn how species can adapt to modern environmental challenges such as pollution and climate change.

Now, the snails Johannesson brought to the skerry in 1992 have reached a thriving population of around 1,000 individuals.

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