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Evolution feedback loop in Connecticut lakes

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Researchers have found a prime example of an evolutionary feedback loop in a few lakes in Connecticut, where dams built 300 years ago trapped a fish called the alewife.

“People have long accepted that ecology shapes evolution, but it has been less clear how evolution can shape our ecology, and do so in a relatively short time frame,” says David Post, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Yale University.

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