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These data exist for many other hunted whale species, such as fin and sei whales, so the new study's methods could provide a framework for similar analyses for those whale species too.

The investigators used three different established statistical analyses that can identify with high confidence genes and proteins that are part of the biological pathways leading to the disease.

"They didn't necessarily ignore the residents, but they took much longer to all switch over to the more rewarding solution. Our analyses suggested this was because they weren't as influenced by the residents" Chimento says.

The results imply that drought vulnerability analyses relying only on the historical streamflow record may severely underestimate the magnitude of potential drought events and their impacts on water storage, agriculture and municipal water supply.

Their analyses revealed a variety of living and possibly active microbes in the most arid areas.