Legacy of ancient ice ages shapes how seagrasses respond to environmental threats today: Past migration, pleistocene ice ages still impact size and structure of modern eelgrass communities - Science Daily

In the classic 'nature versus nurture' debate, scientists discovered ancient ice ages have shaped the genetics of eelgrasses today -- and those genetics could play a stronger role than the environment in shaping how eelgrasses respond to threats.

Deep evolution casts a longer shadow than previously thought, scientists report in a new paper published the week of Aug. 1 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Smithsonian scienti… [+7132 chars]

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