Parallel gene expression evolution in natural and laboratory evolved populations.

ABSTRACT: Ecological adaptation is frequently inferred by the comparison of natural populations from different environments. Nevertheless, inference of the selective forces suffers the challenge that many environmental factors covary. With well-controlled environmental conditions, experimental evolution provides a powerful approach to complement the analysis of natural populations. On the other hand, it is apparent that laboratory conditions differ in many ways from natural environments, which raises the question as to what extent selection responses in experimental evolution studies can inform us about adaptation processes in the wild. In this study, we compared the expression profiles of replicated Drosophila melanogaster populations which have been exposed to two distinct temperature regimes (18/

SUBMITTER: Hsu SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7891358 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature