Responses to environmental stress using Drosophila and Vibrio as model organisms
The text explores the adaptation of organisms to climate-induced thermal challenges. It discusses the behavioral, physiological, epigenetic, and genetic responses involved in this process. Experimental evolution will be employed to mimic temperature changes and assess populations’ ability to adapt and the role of phenotypic plasticity. The study will analyze life-history traits, physiology, behavior, heat shock-induced gene expression, and epigenetic regulation. The impact of interspecific hybridization on transposable elements and gene expression will also be investigated. Additionally, the research will apply an experimental design to study the competitive fitness, thermal tolerance, and evolutionary trajectories of Vibrio bacteria in different temperature-controlled environments. Genomic analysis will be conducted using diverse strains from various climatic regions.
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Thermal experimental evolution in populations of Drosophila subobscura
Species hybridization and genomic stress
