Journal
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Volume 7, Issue 16, Pages 6390-6403Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2985
Keywords
Anolis cybotes; functional genomics; population divergence; recurrence; thermal adaptation
Categories
Funding
- National Science Foundation grant (HBCU-UP) [1435186]
- Volkswagen Foundation fellowship [AZ86/447]
- Georg Forster fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt foundation
- Division Of Human Resource Development
- Direct For Education and Human Resources [1435186] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Integrated knowledge on phenotype, physiology, and genomic adaptations is required to understand the effects of climate on evolution. The functional genomic basis of organismal adaptation to changes in the abiotic environment, its phenotypic consequences, and its possible convergence across vertebrates are still understudied. In this study, we use a comparative approach to verify predicted gene functions for vertebrate thermal adaptation with observed functions underlying repeated genomic adaptations in response to elevation in the lizard Anolis cybotes. We establish a direct link between recurrently evolved phenotypes and functional genomics of altitude-related climate adaptation in three highland and lowland populations in the Dominican Republic. We show that across vertebrates, genes contained in this interactome are expressed within the brain, the endocrine system, and during development. These results are relevant to elucidate the effect of global climate change across vertebrates and might aid in furthering insight into gene-environment relationships under disturbances to homeostasis.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available