ArticleEvolution; international journal of organic evolution2017
Adaptive patterns of phenotypic plasticity in laboratory and field environments in Drosophila melanogaster.
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- Phenotypic plasticity underlies seasonal and latitudinal variation in thermal tolerance in a native bee.Ecology · 2025Article
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- Recovery from heat-induced infertility-A study of reproductive tissue responses and fitness consequences in maleEcology and evolution · 2022Article
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- Limited thermal plasticity may constrain ecosystem function in a basally heat tolerant tropical telecoprid dung beetle, Allogymnopleurus thalassinus (Klug, 1855).Scientific reports · 2021Article
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- A clinal polymorphism in the insulin signaling transcription factor foxo contributes to life-history adaptation in Drosophila.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2019Article
- Effects of photoperiod on life-history and thermal stress resistance traits across populations ofEcology and evolution · 2019Article
- An inversion supergene in Drosophila underpins latitudinal clines in survival traits.Journal of evolutionary biology · 2018Article
- Adaptive patterns of phenotypic plasticity in laboratory and field environments in Drosophila melanogaster.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2017Article
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Abstract
Identifying mechanisms of adaptation to variable environments is essential in developing a comprehensive understanding of evolutionary dynamics in natural populations. Phenotypic plasticity allows for phenotypic change in response to changes in the environment, and as such may play a major role in adaptation to environmental heterogeneity. Here, the plasticity of stress response in Drosophila melanogaster originating from two distinct geographic regions and ecological habitats was examined. Adults were given a short-term, 5-day exposure to combinations of temperature and photoperiod to elicit a plastic response for three fundamental aspects of stress tolerance that vary adaptively with geography. This was replicated both in the laboratory and in outdoor enclosures in the field. In the laboratory, geographic origin was the primary determinant of the stress response. Temperature and the interaction between temperature and photoperiod also significantly affected stress resistance. In the outdoor enclosures, plasticity was distinct among traits and between geographic regions. These results demonstrate that short-term exposure of adults to ecologically relevant environmental cues results in predictable effects on multiple aspects of fitness. These patterns of plasticity vary among traits and are highly distinct between the two examined geographic regions, consistent with patterns of local adaptation to climate and associated environmental parameters.
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