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For the past few years there has been increasing concern surrounding a group of chemicals known as phthalate esters. In mammals, phthalates are known antiandrogens, interfering with the production or activity of testosterone. Phthalates are ubiquitous in the aquatic environment.…

How populations adapt to their local environment has been a central question in evolutionary biology for the history of the field. Darwin’s evolution by natural selection provided a means for how pressures such as predation or resource availability, can select for variations of …