The World's Fastest Evolving Animal

09, domestic biomedical breakthrough year. Not onlyreaction of natural Qunti Yiwei Zhao Bian Hua Neng
new breakthroughs in stem cell found, there are newShi Ying without the change of climate. 3 Nian in this
GM crops policy initiatives.study, 约 95% of Yu Le died, only 5% in the
According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporationevolution of fish to adapt to the cold. lost about 95% of
(ABC) website, scientists have discovered a fish, aftergroup results could be disastrous, because the
three generations of evolution can adapt to rapidremaining 5% may not be able to maintain the natural
changes in temperature.populations. we are not yet clear that the genetic basis
This is already the fastest recorded speed of evolutionof genetic characteristics. "
of wild animals. Study will be published in "Journal of theBarrett Ph.D. University of British Columbia into Harvard,
Royal Society B" magazine. The study was the firsthe said, but also Xu Yao Jinhangshenru study to be
researcher Los Van Barrett, said: "This is the firstsure that such rapidly evolving Shipi may occur in other
experiments show that some wild animals can quicklyspecies who, Youqi yes in the cold climate warming
adapt to climate change research." However,and Bu Shi Zhi Hou. He pointed out that such studies
evolutionary geneticist at the University of Britishmay also be human means to address climate change
Columbia warned that this Evolution of the Great Leapclues. In the study, this fish also reflects the rapid
Forward will pay a high price: a higher mortality rate.evolution of British Columbia freshwater stickleback
In their study, scientists from Canada and Europe tolong years of evolution, in the late ice age, the offspring
fish from the sea until golden spike, and then put themof such fish caught in inland and gradually learned to
in the pool, the temperature gradually decreased, andextreme cold environment to survive.
these fish were 3-year study. They found that afterBarrett pointed out that since after the first out of
three generations of evolution (each generation), spinesAfrica, humans have evolved about 10 000
of fish can survive in water of 2.5 degrees Celsius, thegenerations, it can not help but lead to a problem that
temperature is lower than the survival of theirnortherners need to be evolved through many
ancestors limit.generations to adapt to the African ancestors who
Studies have shown that at least some animals mayhave experienced the warm climate of genes? Barrett
be possible through the rapidly changing survive climatesaid: "You may be started to compare rates of
change. Most previous climate studies predict that theevolution." But he warned that Anzhao experiment
coming decades global temperatures will gradually95% of the mortality of fish spines convenient, these
increase the number of degrees, with the emergenceevolutionary "may Shide extremely fragile natural Qunti
of the extreme cold and extreme hot weather. Barrett......, rapid evolution influential Association .
said: "But also we see a lot of evolution can not the