Parallel molecular routes to cold adaptation in eight genera of New Zealand stick insects

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Dennis, Alice B ^a,b,e,f   Dunning, Luke T ^a,b,c,g   Sinclair, Brent J ^d   Buckley, Thomas R ^a,b,c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Uni Services House   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLD; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INSECT; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; INSECTS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84941309120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13965     Document Type: Article

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