A study links severe losses among pollinators to slower evolutionary adaptation in plants. Researchers say declines in pollinator populations may have sharply reduced the pace at which plants adapt.
Many flowering plants rely on insects and other pollinators for reproduction and gene flow. When those partners disappear or dwindle, selection and genetic mixing that drive adaptation can weaken.
The research frames pollinator loss as an evolutionary bottleneck for plants, not only an agricultural yield issue. The cited science brief did not name the plant species or regions studied.
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