Fitness effects of thermal stress differ between outcrossing and selfing populations in Caenorhabditis elegans
Agata Plesnar-Bielak, Marta K. Labocha, Paulina Kosztyła, Katarzyna R. Woch, Woronika M. Banot, Karolina Markot, Magdalena Skarboń, Monika A. Prus, Zofia M. Prokop
This study shows that thermal stress impacts outcrossing populations more severely than selfing populations in C. elegans, highlighting differences in adaptive potential based on reproductive system.
bioRxiv · Sep 9, 2016Ecology