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Untangling plastic responses to combined thermal and dietary stress in insects

Chakraborty, Avishikta; Sgrò, Carla M; Mirth, Christen K; (2024) Untangling plastic responses to combined thermal and dietary stress in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science , Article 101328. 10.1016/j.cois.2024.101328. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Animals are exposed to changes in their environmental conditions daily. Such changes will become increasingly more erratic and unpredictable with ongoing climate change. Responses to changing environments are influenced by the genetic architecture of the traits under selection, and modified by a range of physiological, developmental, and behavioural changes resulting from phenotypic plasticity. Furthermore, the interactions between multiple environmental stressors to which organisms are exposed can generate unexpected phenotypic responses. Understanding how genetic and plastic variation contributes to the response to combined environmental stress will be key to predicting how animals will cope with climate change, and ultimately will define their ability to persist. Here, we review the approaches used to explore how animals respond to combined stressors, specifically nutrition and temperature, the physiological mechanisms that underlie such plastic responses, and how genetic variation alters this plasticity.

Type: Article
Title: Untangling plastic responses to combined thermal and dietary stress in insects
Location: Netherlands
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2024.101328
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2024.101328
Language: English
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UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10203356
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