Grant Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaption Research (CESAR)

Australian Research Council Special Research Centre

From
2000
To
2010
Keywords
Animal Protection (Pests and Pathogens), Conservation and Biodiversity, Population and Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics
Alternative Names
  • S00001520 (ARC ID)
Website
http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/grant12464

Publication Citations

  • Collinge, J. E., Hoffmann, A. A. and McKechnie, S. W., 'Altitudinal patterns for latitudinally varying traits and polymorphic markers in Drosophila melanogaster from eastern Australia', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 19, no. 2, 2006, pp. 473-482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01016.x. Details
  • Griffiths, J. A., Schiffer, M., and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Clinal variation and laboratory adaptation in the rainforest species Drosophila birchii for stress resistance, wing size, wing shape and development time', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 18, no. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 213-222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00782.x. Details
  • Hallas, Rebecca, Schiffer, Michele, and Hoffmann, Ary A., 'Clinal variation in Drosophila serrata for stress resistance and body size', Genetical Research, vol. 79, no. 2, Cambridge University Press, 2002, pp. 141-148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016672301005523. Details
  • Hoffmann, A. A., Scott, M., Partridge, L. and Hallas, R., 'Overwintering in Drosophila melanogaster: outdoor field cage experiments on clinal and laboratory selected populations help to elucidate traits under selection', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 16, 2003, pp. 614-623. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00561.x. Details
  • Hoffmann, Ary A. and Shirriffs, Jennifer, 'Geographic variation for wing shape in Drosophila serrata', Evolution, vol. 56, no. 5, 2002, pp. 1068-1073. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01418.x. Details
  • Hoffmann, Ary A., Anderson, Alisha and Hallas, Rebecca, 'Opposing clines for high and low temperature resistance in Drosophila melanogaster', Ecology Letters, vol. 5, 2002, pp. 614-618. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00367.x. Details
  • Kennington, W.J., Partridge, L., and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Patterns of diversity and linkage disequilibrium within the cosmopolitan inversion In(3R)Payne in Drosophila melanogaster are indicative of coadaptation', Genetics, vol. 172, 2006, pp. 1655-1663. http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.105.053173. Details
  • Magiafoglou, A., Carew, M. E. and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Shifting clinal patterns and microsatellite variation in Drosophila serrata populations: a comparison of populations near the southernborder of the species range', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 15, no. 5, 2002, pp. 763-774. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00439.x. Details
  • Mitrovski, Paul and Hoffmann, Ary A., 'Postponed reproduction as an adaptation to winter conditions in Drosophila melanogaster: evidence for clinal variation under semi-natural conditions', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Biological Sciences, vol. 268, 2001, pp. 2163-2168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1787. Details
  • Weeks, A. R., McKechnie, S. W. and Hoffmann, A. A., 'In search of clinal variation in the period and clock timing genes in Australian Drosophila melanogaster populations', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 19, no. 2, 2005, pp. 309-656. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01013.x. Details

See also

  • Anderson, A. R., Collinge, J. E., Hoffmann, A. A., Kellett, M. and McKechnie, S. W., 'Thermal tolerance trade-offs associated with the right arm of chromosome 3 and marked by the hsr-omega gene in Drosophila melanogaster', Heredity, vol. 90, no. 2, 2003, pp. 195-202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6800220. Details
  • Debat, V., Milton, C.C., Rutherford, S.L., Klingenberg, C.P. and Hoffmann, A.A., 'Hsp90 and the quantitative variation of wing shape in Drosophila melanogaster', Evolution, vol. 60, no. 12, 2006, pp. 2529-2538. http://dx.doi.org/10.1554/06-045.1. Details
  • Frydenberg, J., Hoffmann, A. A. and Loeschcke, V., 'DNA sequence variation and latitudinal associations in hsp23, hsp26 and hsp27 from natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster', Molecular Ecology, vol. 12, 2003, pp. 2025-2032. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01882.x. Details
  • Harcombe, W.R. and Hoffmann, A.A., 'Wolbachia effects in Drosophila melanogaster: in search of fitness benefits', Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, vol. 87, 2004, pp. 45-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2004.07.003. Details
  • Hoffmann, A. A. and Loeschcke, V., 'Are fitness effects of density mediated by body size? Evidence from Drosophila field releases', Evolutionary Ecology Research, vol. 8, 2006, pp. 813-828. http://www.evolutionary-ecology.com/abstracts/v08n05/ffar2023.pdf. Details
  • Hoffmann, A. A. and Weeks, A. R., 'Climatic selection on genes and traits after a 100 year-old invasion: a critical look at the temperate-tropical clines in Drosophila melanogaster from eastern Australia', Genetica, vol. 129, 2007, pp. 133-147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10709-006-9010-z. Details
  • Hoffmann, A. A. and Woods, R. E., 'Associating stress with developmental stability: problems and patterns.', in M. Polak (ed.), Developmental Instability: Causes and Consequences, Oxford University Press, New York, 2003. Details
  • Hoffmann, A. A. Sørenson, J. G. and Loeschcke, V., 'Adaptation of Drosophila to temperature extremes: bringing together quantitative and molecular approaches', Journal of Thermal Biology, vol. 28, no. 3, 2003, pp. 175-216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4565(02)00057-8. Details
  • Hoffmann, A. A., Hallas, R., Dean, J. A., and Schiffer, M., 'Low potential for climatic stress adaptation in a rainforest Drosophila species', Science, vol. 301, 2003, pp. 100-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1084296. Details
  • Hoffmann, A.A. and Daborn, P.J., 'Towards genetic markers in animal populations as biomonitors for human-induced environmental change', Ecology Letters, vol. 10, 2007, pp. 63-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00985.x. Details
  • Hoffmann, A.A., Sgrò, C.M. and Weeks, A.R., 'Chromosomal inversion polymorphism and adaptation', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 19, 2004, pp. 482-488. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2004.06.013. Details
  • Kellermann, V. M., Van Heerwaarden, B., Hoffmann, A. A. and Sgrò, C. M., 'Very low additive genetic variance and evolutionary potential in multiple populations of two rainforest Drosophila species', Evolution, vol. 60, 2006, pp. 1104-1108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2006.tb01187.x. Details
  • Kellermann, V.M. Hoffmann, A.A. Sgrò, C.M., 'Hsp90 Inhibition and the Expression of Phenotypic Variability in Rainforest Species Drosophila birchii', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 92, 2007, pp. 457-465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00875.x. Details
  • Kennington, W.J., Hoffmann, A. A., and Partridge, L., 'Mapping regions within cosmopolitan inversion In(3R)Payne associated with natural variation in body size in Drosophila melanogaster', Genetics, vol. 177, 2007, pp. 549-556. http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.107.074336. Details
  • Kristensen, T. N., Loeschcke, V. and Hoffmann, A.A., 'Can artificially selected phenotypes influence a component of field fitness? Thermal selection and fly performance under thermal extremes', Proceedings of the Royal Society of Biological Sciences, vol. 274, 2007, pp. 771-778. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.0247. Details
  • Kristensen, T.N., Hoffmann, A. A., Overgaard, J., Sørensen, J. G., Hallas, R. and Loeschcke, V., 'Costs and benefits of cold acclimation in field-released Drosophila', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 105, no. 1, 2008, pp. 216-221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0708074105. Details
  • Loeschcke, V. and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Consequences of heat hardening on a field fitness component in Drosophila depend on environmental temperature', American Naturalist, vol. 189, 2007, pp. 175-183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/510632. Details
  • Magiafoglou, A. and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Cross generation effects due to cold exposure in Drosophila serrata', Functional Ecology, vol. 17, no. 5, 2003, pp. 664-672. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00774.x. Details
  • Magiafoglou, A. and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Thermal adaptation in Drosophila serrata under conditions linked to its southern border: unexpected patterns from laboratory selection suggest limited evolutionary potential', Journal of Genetics, vol. 82, 2003, pp. 179-189. http://www.ias.ac.in/jgenet/Vol82No3/179.pdf. Details
  • McDonald, S.S., Rako, L., Batterham, P. and Hoffmann, A.A., 'Dissecting chill coma recovery as a measure of cold resistance: evidence for a biphasic response in Drosophila melanogaster', Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 50, 2004, pp. 695-700. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.05.004. Details
  • Milton, C.C., Huynh, B., Batterham, P., Rutherford, S.L., and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Quantitative trait symmetry independent of Hsp90 buffering: distinct modes of genetic canalization and developmental stability', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 100, no. 23, 2003, pp. 13396-13401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1835613100. Details
  • Rako, L. & Hoffmann, A.A., 'Complexity of the cold acclimation response in Drosophila', Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 52, 2006, pp. 94-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.09.007. Details
  • Rako, L. Blacket, M.J. McKechnie, S.W. & Hoffmann, A.A., 'Candidate genes and thermal phenotypes: identifying ecologically important genetic variation for thermotolerance in the Australian Drosophila melanogaster cline', Molecular Ecology, vol. 16, 2007, pp. 2948-2957. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03332.x. Details
  • Rako, L., Anderson, A.R., Sgrò, C.M., Stocker, A.J. and Hoffmann, A.A., 'The association between inversion In(3R)Payne and clinally varying traits in Drosophila melanogaster', Genetica, vol. 128, 2006, pp. 373-384. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10709-006-7375-7. Details
  • Reynolds, K. T. and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Male age, host effects and the weak expression or non-expression of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Drosophila strains infected by maternally-transmitted Wolbachia', Genetical Research, vol. 80, no. 2, 2002, pp. 79-87. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12534211. Details
  • Schiffer, M., Carew, M. E. and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Molecular, morphological and behavioural data reveal the presence of a cryptic species in the widely studied Drosophila serrata species complex', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 17, no. 2, Blackwell Science, 2004, pp. 430-442. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00657.x. Details
  • Schiffer, M., Gilchrist, A. S., and Hoffmann, A. A., 'The contrasting genetic architecture of wing size, viability, and development time in a rainforest species and its more widely distributed relative', Evolution, vol. 60, no. 1, The Company of Biologists Ltd, 2006, pp. 106-114. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16568636. Details
  • Schiffer, M., Kennington, W.J., Hoffmann, A. A. and Blacket, M. J., 'Lack of genetic structure among ecologically adapted populations of an Australian rainforest Drosophila species as indicated by microsatellite markers and mitochondrial DNA sequences', Molecular Ecology, vol. 16, no. 8, 2007, pp. 1687-1700. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03200.x. Details
  • Sgrò, C. M. Hoffmann, A. A., 'Genetic correlations, trade-offs, and environmental variation', Heredity, vol. 93, 2004, pp. 241-248. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6800532. Details
  • Sgrò, C. M., Magiafoglou, A., Faine, L. and Hoffmann, Ary A., 'Absence of clinal variation in virgin retention capacity in Australian Drosophila melanogaster', Evolutionary Ecology Research, vol. 20, 2006, pp. 407-413. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10682-006-0010-3. Details
  • Sgrò, C. M., Milton, C. C., Jensen, L. T., Frydenberg, J., Loeschcke, V., Batterham, P., and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Nucleotide diversity in the Hsp90 gene in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster from Australia', Insect Molecular Biology, vol. 17, no. 6, 2008, pp. 685-697. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2583.2008.00843.x. Details
  • Stocker, A. J., Foley, B. and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Inversion frequencies in Drosophila serrata along an eastern Australia transect', Genome, vol. 47, no. 6, 2004, p. 1144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/g04-078. Details
  • Telonis-Scott, M. and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Isolation of a Drosophila melanogaster desiccation resistant mutant', Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 49, 2003, pp. 1013-1020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1910(03)00184-7. Details
  • Telonis-Scott, M., Guthridge, K. M., and Hoffmann, A. A., 'A new set of laboratory selected Drosophila melanogaster lines for the analysis of desiccation resistance: response to selection, physiology and correlated responses', Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 209, 2006, pp. 1837-1847. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/​jeb.02201. Details
  • Umina, P. A., Hoffmann, A. A., Weeks, A. R., and McKechnie, S. W., 'An independent non-linear latitudinal cline for the sn-glycerol-3-phosphate (α-Gpdh) polymorphism of Drosophila melanogaster from eastern Australia', Genetical Research, vol. 87, 2006, pp. 13-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016672306007919. Details
  • van Heerwaarden, B., Willi, Y., Kristensen, T.N. and Hoffmann, A.A., 'Population bottlenecks increase additive genetic variance but do not break a selection limit in rainforest Drosophila', Genetics, vol. 179, 2008, pp. 2135 - 2146. http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.107.082768. Details
  • Weeks AR, McKechnie SW, Hoffmann AA., 'Linking inbreeding effects in captive populations to field performance - field releases with replicated Drosophila melanogaster lines under different temperatures', Conservation Biology, vol. 22, no. 1, 2007, pp. 189-199. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00816.x.. Details
  • Weeks, A. R., McKechnie, S. W. and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Dissecting adaptive clinal variation: markers, inversions and size/stress associations in Drosophila melanogaster from a central field population', Ecology Letters, vol. 5, no. 6, 2002, pp. 756-763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00380.x. Details
  • Weeks, A. R., McKechnie, S. W. and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Robust clines and robust sampling: a reply to Kyriacou et al.', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 20, 2007, pp. 1652-1654. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01355.x. Details
  • Weeks, A. R., Reynolds, T. K., and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Wolbachia dynamics and host effects: what has (and has not) been demonstrated?', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 17, 2002, pp. 257-262. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02480-1. Details
  • Willi, Y. and Hoffmann, A.A., 'Demographic factors and evolvability influence population persistence under environmental change', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 22, 2008, pp. 124-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01631.x. Details
  • Willi, Y., Van Buskirk, J. and Hoffmann, A.A., 'Limits to the adaptive potential of small populations', Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, vol. 37, 2006, pp. 433-458. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.37.091305.110145. Details