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Comment
. 2022 Aug 16;119(33):e2211134119.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2211134119. Epub 2022 Aug 8.

The evolutionary past and the uncertain future of foundational species

Catherine A Pfister  1
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The evolutionary past and the uncertain future of foundational species

Catherine A Pfister. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The author declares no competing interest.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
A representation of the patterns of genetics and phenotype in the eelgrass Z. marina as described by Duffy et al. (4). Pacific Ocean eelgrass populations are more genetically disparate and have a more elongate phenotype. Atlantic Ocean eelgrasses are shorter statured and differ in the density of their blades. As younger populations, they are genetically more similar. The darker shading in the Pacific Ocean represents older populations with a greater influence of evolutionary history on present-day phenotype compared with the Atlantic populations. The dashed line represents a colonization event.
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  • A Pleistocene legacy structures variation in modern seagrass ecosystems.
    Duffy JE, Stachowicz JJ, Reynolds PL, Hovel KA, Jahnke M, Sotka EE, Boström C, Boyer KE, Cusson M, Eklöf J, Engelen AH, Eriksson BK, Fodrie FJ, Griffin JN, Hereu CM, Hori M, Hughes AR, Ivanov MV, Jorgensen P, Kruschel C, Lee KS, Lefcheck JS, Moksnes PO, Nakaoka M, O'Connor MI, O'Connor NE, Orth RJ, Peterson BJ, Reiss H, Reiss K, Richardson JP, Rossi F, Ruesink JL, Schultz ST, Thormar J, Tomas F, Unsworth R, Voigt E, Whalen MA, Ziegler SL, Olsen JL. Duffy JE, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Aug 9;119(32):e2121425119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2121425119. Epub 2022 Aug 1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022. PMID: 35914147 Free PMC article.

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