Grant Testing the DNA decay hypothesis of ecological specialization

Australian Research Council Discovery Project

From
2009
To
2012
Keywords
genetics
Alternative Names
  • http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0985013 (ARC ID)

Publication Citations

  • Kellermann, V., van Heerwaarden, B., Sgrò, C.M. and Hoffmann, A.A., 'Fundamental evolutionary limits in ecological traits drive Drosophila species distributions', Science, vol. 325, 2009, pp. 1244-1246. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/325/5945/1244.long. Details
  • Kennington, W Jason, and Hoffmann, Ary A, 'Patterns of genetic variation across inversions: geographic variation in the In(2L)t inversion in populations of Drosophila melanogaster from eastern Australia', BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 13, no. 100, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-100. Details
  • Rako, L., Poulsen, N. A., Shirriffs, J., and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Clinal variation in post-winter male fertility retention; an adaptive overwintering strategy in Drosophila melanogaster', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 22, no. 12, 2009, pp. 2438-2444. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01852.x. Details

See also

  • Colinet, H. Lee, S.F., Hoffmann, A.A., 'Temporal expression of heat shock genes during cold stress and recovery from chill coma in adult Drosophila melanogaster', FEBS Journal, vol. 277, 2010, pp. 174-185. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07470.x. Details
  • Colinet, H., Lee, S.F. and Hoffmann, A. A., 'Knocking down expression of Hsp22 and Hsp23 by RNA interference affects recovery from chill coma in Drosophila melanogaster', Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 213, 2010, pp. 4146-4150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/​jeb.051003. Details
  • Colinet, Hervé, and Hoffmann, Ary, 'Gene and protein expression of Drosophila Starvin during cold stress and recovery from chill coma', Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 40, no. 5, 2010, pp. 425-428. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.03.002. Details
  • Colinet, Hervé, Lee, Siu Fai, and Hoffmann, Ary, 'Functional Characterization of the Frost Gene in Drosophila melanogaster: Importance for Recovery from Chill Coma', PLoS One, vol. 5, no. 6, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010925. Details
  • Hoffmann, A.A., 'Physiological climatic limits in Drosophila: patterns and predictions', Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 213, 2010, pp. 870-880. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/​jeb.037630. Details
  • Jensen, L.T., Cockerell, F.E., Kristensen,T.N., Rako, L., Loeschcke,V., McKechnie, S.W. and Hoffmann, A.A., 'Adult Heat Tolerance Variation in Drosophila melanogaster is Not Related to Hsp70 Expression', Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, vol. 313A, no. 1, 2010, pp. 35-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.573. Details
  • Johnson, T.K., Cockerell, F.E., Carrington, L.B., Rako, L., Hoffmann, A.A. and McKechnie, S.W., 'The capacity of Drosophila to heat harden associates with low rates of heat-shocked protein synthesis', Journal of Thermal Biology, vol. 34, 2009, pp. 327-376. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2009.06.001. Details
  • Mitchell, K.A. and Hoffmann, A.A., 'Thermal ramping rate influences evolutionary potential and species differences for upper thermal limits in Drosophila', Functional Ecology, vol. 24, no. 3, 2010, pp. 694-700. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01666.x. Details
  • Mitchell, Katherine A., Sgrò, Carla M., and Hoffmann, Ary A., 'Phenotypic plasticity in upper thermal limits is weakly related to Drosophila species distributions', Functional Ecology, vol. 25, no. 3, 2011, pp. 661-670. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01821.x. Details
  • Paaby, Annalise B., Blacket, Mark J., Hoffmann, Ary A., and Schmidt, Paul S., 'Identification of a candidate adaptive polymorphism for Drosophila life history by parallel independent clines on two continents', Molecular Ecology, vol. 19, no. 4, 2010, pp. 760-774. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04508.x. Details
  • Sgrò, C. M., Overgaard, J., Kristensen, T. N., Mitchell, K. A., Cockerell, F. E., and Hoffmann, A. A., 'A comprehensive assessment of geographic variation in heat tolerance and hardening capacity in populations of Drosophila melanogaster from eastern Australia', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 23, no. 11, 2010, pp. 2484-2493. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02110.x. Details
  • Telonis-Scott, M., Hallas, R., McKechnie, S.W., Wee, C.W., Hoffmann, A.A., 'Selection for cold resistance alters gene transcript levels in Drosophila melanogaster', Journal of Insect Physiology, vol. 55, no. 6, 2009, pp. 549-555. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.01.010. Details