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This plays slightly into the slow climate change vs fast climate change issue. If climate changes slowly enough, this allows enough generations to build up the

• Terr_ 3y ago
  That makes me think of how--IIRC--amphibian genomes contain coding for a lot of different proteins that have about the same function but are stable/effective at different temperatures, especially during early development in the egg. (In contrast, mammals invest in genes that ensure the egg's external temperature is reliable.) (See also: Orthologous proteins, Heat shock proteins.)