http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:46:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/01/31/neurospora-genomes-reverse-ecology/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/01/31/neurospora-genomes-reverse-ecology/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:01:35 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=5143 In a demonstration of "reverse-ecology," UC Berkeley biologists have shown that one can determine an organism's adaptive traits by looking first at its genome and checking for variations across a population. The study offers a powerful new tool in evolutionary genetics research, one that could be used to help monitor the effects of climate change and habitat destruction. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/01/31/neurospora-genomes-reverse-ecology/feed/ 0