Distinct molecular mechanisms shape thermal tolerance and its plasticity in a splash pool copepod
Rujuta V. Vaidya, Isabelle P. Neylan, Deborah Shombaowo, Brant C. Faircloth, Maheshi Dassanayake, Morgan W. Kelly
The paper examines thermal tolerance and its plasticity in copepods across populations, finding that higher heat tolerance correlates with stable peptidase expression, while plasticity is linked to chitin and ECM gene expression changes.
bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology