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Open AccessLife in a changing environment: dreissenids’ feeding response to different temperature
Invasive species have far-reaching consequences for whole ecosystems. The two dreissenids zebra and quagga mussels are two of the most successful invaders in aquatic systems. Quagga mussels can colonize deeper...
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Open AccessHost-Associated Bacterial Communities Vary Between Daphnia galeata Genotypes but Not by Host Genetic Distance
Host genotype may shape host-associated bacterial communities (commonly referred to as microbiomes). We sought to determine (a) whether bacterial communities vary among host genotypes in the water flea Daphnia ga...
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Sex in crowded places: population density regulates reproductive strategy
Changing reproductive strategy from investment in current (asexual eggs) to future (sexual ephippia) reproduction depending on environmental cues is an important fitness trait in zooplankton species like water...
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Open AccessDaphnia galeata responds to the exposure to an ichthyosporean gut parasite by down-regulation of immunity and lipid metabolism
Regulatory circuits of infection in the emerging experimental model system, water flea Daphnia and their microparasites, remain largely unknown. Here we provide the first molecular insights into the response of D...
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Transitions between phases of genomic differentiation during stick-insect speciation
Speciation can involve a transition from a few genetic loci that are resistant to gene flow to genome-wide differentiation. However, only limited data exist concerning this transition and the factors promoting...
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Open AccessEndocrine regulation of predator-induced phenotypic plasticity
Elucidating the developmental and genetic control of phenotypic plasticity remains a central agenda in evolutionary ecology. Here, we investigate the physiological regulation of phenotypic plasticity induced b...
