Adaptation to Environmental Variability Shapes Dormancy in Daphnia
Robert Porter, Lauren Bradshaw, Isabelle Marsh, Madison Doceti, Alan O. Bergland
This study compares two Daphnia species to determine how environmental variability influences dormancy production and termination, finding greater investment in dormancy in ephemeral environments but similar termination cues across species.
bioRxiv · May 7, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology