Tag: eco-physiology


  • Climate adaptation begins early in fruit fly embryos, study finds

    Climate adaptation begins early in fruit fly embryos, study finds

    Overview: A surprising window into climate adaptation As global temperatures rise at an unprecedented pace, scientists from the University of Vermont have turned to an unlikely early-warning system: the embryonic stage of the common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. The study examines how environmental stressors experienced during the earliest moments of life can shape an organism’s…