Climate Change and Local Adaptation: Challenges of a lizard whose sex is determined by environmental temperature
Organisms become adapted to their environment by evolving through natural selection over many generations. However, anthropogenically driven environmental changes are occurring at such speed that could potentially outpace the ability of some organisms to adapt. In this project, we focus on changes of vital processes and life history traits in a model species whose sex is determined by temperature during incubation (TSD), to address the potential of this taxon to adapt to different environmental conditions and survive to climate change in general. Another goal of this project is the study of patterns of gene expression derived from Next-Generation Sequencing, which will allow the identification of candidate genes triggered by temperature, responsible for transducing this signal into phenotypic sex.
Principal Investigator:
Catarina Castela dos Santos Rato
Post-Doc Researcher
Research Team:
Research Technician
Post-Doc Researcher
Principal Researcher
Principal Researcher
MSc Student