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Genomics helps to predict maladaptation to climate change

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The combination of highly resolved climatic and genomic data allows assessment of putative maladaptation of populations to climate change and can identify high-risk populations. Now, a study that accounts for migration and dispersal shows high maladaptation of a North American tree species in the northern and eastern distribution range.

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Fig. 1: Integrating migration to predict potential maladaptation to future climate change.

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Rellstab, C. Genomics helps to predict maladaptation to climate change. Nat. Clim. Chang. 11, 85–86 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00964-w

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