Article
Phenotypic diversity, population structure and stress protein-based capacitoring in populations of Xeropicta derbentina, a heat-tolerant land snail species.
Cell stress & chaperones - 1 Nov 2014
Di Lellis Maddalena A, Sereda Sergej, Geißler Anna, Picot Adrien, Arnold Petra, Lang Stefanie, Troschinski Sandra, Dieterich Andreas, Hauffe Torsten, Capowiez Yvan, Mazzia Christophe, Knigge Thomas, Monsinjon Tiphaine, Krais Stefanie, Wilke Thomas, Triebskorn Rita, Köhler Heinz-R
Abstract excerpt
The shell colour of many pulmonate land snail species is highly diverse. Besides a genetic basis, environmentally triggered epigenetic mechanisms including stress proteins as evolutionary capacitors are thought to influence such phenotypic diversity. In this study, we investigated the relationship of stress protein (Hsp70) levels with temperature stress tolerance, population structure and phenotypic diversity...
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