The genetic basis and adult reproductive consequences of developmental thermal plasticity.

ABSTRACT: Increasing temperature and thermal variability generate profound selection on populations. Given the fast rate of environmental change, understanding the role of plasticity and genetic adaptation in response to increasing temperatures is critical. This may be especially true for thermal effects on reproductive traits in which thermal fertility limits at high temperatures may be lower than for survival traits. Consequences of changing environments during development on adult phenotypes may be particularly problematic for core traits such as reproduction that begin early in development. Here we examine the consequences of developmental thermal plasticity on subsequent adult reproductive traits and its genetic basis. We used a panel of Drosophila melanogaster (the Drosophila Genetic Reference

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9373847 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature