Both trust in, and polarization of trust in, relevant sciences have increased through the COVID-19 pandemic

• Sofia Radrizzani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Life Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0834-8151

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• Cristina Fonseca,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Genetics Society, London, United Kingdom

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• Alison Woollard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Jonathan Pettitt,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Institute of Medical Sciences, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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• Laurence D. Hurst

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: l.d.hurst@bath.ac.uk

  Affiliation The Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Life Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1002-1054

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