Considerations for the use of transcriptomics in identifying the 'genes that matter' for environmental adaptation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1925-1935

  Evans, Tyler G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Microarray; Physiology; RNA seq; Stress; Temperature; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC FITNESS; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84925583343     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.114306     Document Type: Review

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