Museum collections are a source for monitoring population changes at an evolutionary timescale. A comparative genomic study across time and space of populations of willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii) reveals evidence of genetic responses to climate change through adaptation in genes associated with changing climatic conditions in southwestern North America.
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Gómez-Bahamón, V. Museum specimens uncover the past, present and future. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 608–609 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01694-5
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