Rapid evolution of thermal tolerance in the water flea Daphnia

A. N. Geerts (), J. Vanoverbeke, B. Vanschoenwinkel, W. Van Doorslaer, H. Feuchtmayr, D. Atkinson, B. Moss, T. A. Davidson, C. D. Sayer and L. De Meester
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A. N. Geerts: KU Leuven—University of Leuven, Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation Section, Charles Deberiotstraat 32—Box 2439 3000 Leuven, Belgium
J. Vanoverbeke: KU Leuven—University of Leuven, Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation Section, Charles Deberiotstraat 32—Box 2439 3000 Leuven, Belgium
B. Vanschoenwinkel: Faculty of Science and Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2 1050 Brussels, Belgium
W. Van Doorslaer: KU Leuven—University of Leuven, Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation Section, Charles Deberiotstraat 32—Box 2439 3000 Leuven, Belgium
H. Feuchtmayr: Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK
D. Atkinson: Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool
B. Moss: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool
T. A. Davidson: Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Aarhus University
C. D. Sayer: Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London, Pearson Building, Gower Street London WC1 6BT, UK
L. De Meester: KU Leuven—University of Leuven, Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation Section, Charles Deberiotstraat 32—Box 2439 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Nature Climate Change, 2015, vol. 5, issue 7, 665-668

Abstract: A manipulation experiment, combined with reconstructed evolutionary history from a dormant egg bank found in recent lake sediments, reveals that water fleas (Daphnia) can exhibit a rapid increase in their capacity to tolerate higher temperatures.

Date: 2015
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