Additive and mostly adaptive plastic responses of gene expression to multiple stress in Tribolium castaneum
by Eva L. Koch, Frédéric Guillaume
Gene expression is known to be highly responsive to the environment and important for adjustment of metabolism but there is also growing evidence that differences in gene regulation contribute to species divergence and differences among locally adapted populations. However, most studies so far investigated populations when divergence had already occurred. Selection acting on expression levels at the onset of adaptation to an environmental change has not been characterized. Читать дальше...