Temperature fluctuations during development reduce male fitness and may limit adaptive potential in tropical rainforest Drosophila.

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Understanding the potential for organisms to tolerate thermal stress through physiological or evolutionary responses is crucial given rapid climate change. Although climate models predict increases in both temperature mean and variance, such tolerances are typically assessed under constant conditions. We tested the effects of temperature variability during development on male fitness in the rainforest fly...

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