Plasticity for desiccation tolerance across Drosophila species is affected by phylogeny and climate in complex ways

V Kellermann, AA Hoffmann… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Comparative analyses of ectotherm susceptibility to climate change often focus on thermal
extremes, yet responses to aridity may be equally important. Here we focus on plasticity in …

Plasticity and cross‐tolerance to heterogeneous environments: divergent stress responses co‐evolved in an African fruit fly

N Gotcha, JS Terblanche… - Journal of Evolutionary …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Plastic adjustments of physiological tolerance to a particular stressor can result in fitness
benefits for resistance that might manifest not only in that same environment but also be …

Simultaneous evolution of multiple dispersal components and kernel

S Tung, A Mishra, PM Shreenidhi, MA Sadiq, S Joshi… - Oikos, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Global climate is changing rapidly and is accompanied by large‐scale fragmentation and
destruction of habitats. Since dispersal is the first line of defense for mobile organisms to …

Genetic variation in the shape of cold‐survival curves in a single fly population suggests potential for selection from climate variability

NM Teets, DA Hahn - Journal of evolutionary biology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Temperature variation is one of the primary challenges facing ectotherms, and the ability to
tolerate a range of thermal environments is critical for setting current and future species …

Evolution of dispersal syndrome and its corresponding metabolomic changes

S Tung, A Mishra, N Gogna, M Aamir Sadiq… - …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Dispersal is one of the strategies for organisms to deal with climate change and habitat
degradation. Therefore, investigating the effects of dispersal evolution on natural …

[PDF][PDF] Contraceptive vaccines: Implications in male and female fertility regulation

I Mohammad, B Khilwani, AS Ansari… - … Medicine: Bench to …, 2018 - researchgate.net
The world's population is expanding every year at a great risk. Likewise population
explosion, abrupt pregnancies and willingly abortions are a major public health issue …

Drosophila melanogaster and the social environment; ageing, immunity and the microbiome

TA Leech - 2018 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Social environments can influence health and fitness in a variety of organisms. Since both
social contact and isolation can be stressful, elucidating the mechanisms underlying the …