Population genomics of resource exploitation: insights from gene expression profiles of two Daphnia ecotypes fed alternate resources

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2012-02

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Blackwell Pub. Ltd

Abstract

Consumer-resource interactions are a central issue in evolutionary and community ecology because they play important roles in selection and population regulation. Most consumers encounter resource variation at multiple scales, and respond through phenotypic plasticity in the short term or evolutionary divergence in the long term. The key traits for these responses may influence resource acquisition, assimilation, and/or allocation. To identify relevant candidate genes, we experimentally assayed genome-wide gene expression in pond and lake Daphnia ecotypes exposed to alternate resource environments. [...]

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Divergence (Biology), Phenotypic plasticity, Seston, Genomics, Gene expression

Citation

Dudycha, J. L., Brandon, C. S., & Deitz, K. C. (2012). Population genomics of resource exploitation: insights from gene expression profiles of two Daphnia ecotypes fed alternate resources. Ecology And Evolution, 2(2), 329-340. doi:10.1002/ece3.30

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