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Once a nonnative species gets into an environment, it is often too late to get rid of it, and the focus shifts to containment or long-term management.

Sometimes the light shifts slowly from one side of the altar to the other, recalling sunshine streaming through windows over the course of a day.

“Sometimes it may be linked to broader shifts, such as the El Niño and La Niña cycle, but this is not always the case,” he said.

This approach allowed them to track genetic changes in response to shifts in lifestyle, such as the transition from hunting and gathering to farming.

The study, published on iScience, highlights that the time shifts lead to:

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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