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New paper in @ScienceMagazine with @SpicyBotrytis and Jordi Bascompte. We show that a single allele at a single gene can control the coexistence of species in a food web. @UZH_Science @UCDavisPlants @uzh_gcb science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Thread 👇1/9
Over 50 years ago, Bob Paine discovered that starfish act as a keystone species in that their presence in the rocky intertidal food web maintains the coexistence of diverse species. 2/9 Bob Paine holding a starfis...
Just as certain species can have large ecological effects, so too might certain genes. We experimentally tested the effect of three plant defense genes on the persistence of an insect food web in the lab. 3/9 A: Our experimental food we...
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On #InternationalWomensDay we'd like to pause and celebrate just a small slice of the enormous contributions to science women have made here at SFI.

Read the thread below for links to some of their own favorite research papers, and a few nominated by other SFI faculty members:
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