ERC Starting Grant · 2022
The genomic adaptations to cope with unpredictable climates over the course of life
Increasing climatic fluctuations mean that animals need to evolve increased heat resilience whilst simultaneously coping with cold periods throughout their lives. Large animals are particularly susceptible to temperature fluctuations as their large size when mature exposes them to heat stress, and their small size when juvenile exposes them to cold stress. I will test two hypotheses that are central to understanding how large species evolve to cope with temperature fluctuations: 1) Genomic adaptations that increase heat resilience compromise cold resilience. 2) Genes that increase thermal resilience during early life have opposing effects on thermal resilience later in life. Testing these…
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