Phenotypic and transcriptional response of Daphnia pulicaria to the combined effects of temperature and predation
Published in PLoS ONE, 2022
Recommended citation: Oliver, A., Cavalheri, H.B., Lima, T.G. et al. Phenotypic and transcriptional response of Daphnia pulicaria to the combined effects of temperature and predation. PLoS ONE (2022).
Daphnia, an ecologically important zooplankton species in lakes, shows both genetic adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in response to temperature and fish predation, but little is known about the molecular basis of these responses and their potential interactions. We performed a factorial experiment exposing laboratory-propagated Daphnia pulicaria clones from two lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California to normal or high temperature (15˚C or 25˚C) in the presence or absence of fish kairomones, then measured changes in life history and gene expression.