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Thermal transgenerational plasticity in natural populations of Daphnia.
Integrative and comparative biology - 1 Nov 2014
Walsh Matthew R, Whittington Deirdre, Funkhouser Collin
Abstract excerpt
Rising temperatures associated with global climatic change threaten the persistence of species. Determining how species adapt to environmental change is paramount. Much work has shown that environmental stressors have the potential to induce phenotypic changes that span multiple generations. Such transgenerational plasticity (TGP) represents a mechanism that may allow for rapid responses to global climatic...
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