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SCIENCE
Volume 346, Issue 6207, Pages 313-+Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1245993
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- NSF
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH [U54GM088558]
- Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station
- National Research Centre for Growth and Development
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
- Australian-American Fulbright Commission
- College of Biological Sciences, University of California Davis
- NIH
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Biotechnology Risk Assessment grant [2011-33522-30729]
- Danish National Research Foundation
- NIFA [2011-33522-30729, 579264] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
- Office Of Internatl Science &Engineering
- Office Of The Director [1243524] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Two categories of evolutionary challenges result from escalating human impacts on the planet. The first arises from cancers, pathogens, and pests that evolve too quickly and the second, from the inability of many valued species to adapt quickly enough. Applied evolutionary biology provides a suite of strategies to address these global challenges that threaten human health, food security, and biodiversity. This Review highlights both progress and gaps in genetic, developmental, and environmental manipulations across the life sciences that either target the rate and direction of evolution or reduce the mismatch between organisms and human-altered environments. Increased development and application of these underused tools will be vital in meeting current and future targets for sustainable development.
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