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Nature 438, 14-16 (3 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/438014a; Published online 2 November 2005

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Evolutionary theory: Personal effects

Dan Jones1

  1. Dan Jones is a copy editor for Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.

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Living things from bacteria to humans change their environment, but the consequences for evolution and ecology are only now being understood, or so the 'niche constructivists' claim. Dan Jones investigates.

In the Negev Desert of Israel, small organisms can have a big impact. Take the cyanobacteria that live in the soil.

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