Insects vary considerably in their ability to survive low temperatures. The tractability of these
organisms to experimentation has lead to considerable physiology-based work investigating …

Environmental temperature can have a surprising impact on extremity growth in
homeotherms, but the underlying mechanisms have remained elusive for over a century …

Despite the apparent advantages of adaptive plasticity, it is not common. We examined the
effects of variation and uncertainty on selection for plasticity using an individual‐based …

1. The relationship between thermal resistance and expression of inducible heat shock
proteins, especially Hsp70, depends on the species and temperature treatments. The …

A moderate change in ambient temperature can lead to vital physiological and biochemical
adjustments in ectotherms, one of which is a change in fatty acid composition. When …

Background Genomic studies measuring transcriptional responses to changing
environments and stress currently make their way into the field of evolutionary ecology and …

Climate change substantially affects biodiversity around the world, especially in the Amazon
region, which is home to a significant portion of the world's biodiversity. Freshwater fishes …

Ambient temperature is a key environmental factor influencing a variety of aspects of the
ecology and evolution of ectotherms. Reproductive traits have been suggested to be more …

It is widely recognized that stress plays an important role in directing the adaptive
adjustment of an organism to changing environments. However, very little is known about …

Background In recent years, several new hypotheses on phylogenetic relations among
arthropods have been proposed on the basis of DNA sequences. One of the challenged …