Invaders Dominate Because They Rapidly Adapt (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Invaders Dominate Because They Rapidly Adapt (3 of 3)

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Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) in full bloom in a common garden experiment at the Univerity of Toronto's Koffler Scientific Reserve near Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 18 October, 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by J. Scott Fites at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, and colleagues was titled, "The Invasive Chytrid Fungus of Amphibians Paralyzes Lymphocyte Responses."

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[Photo courtesy of Spencer Barrett]

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