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Provedor de dados: 	7	
País: 	Canada	
Título: 	Tracking the Genetic Effects of Global Warming: Drosophila and Other Model Systems	
Autores: 	Scheiner, Samuel M; National Science Foundation; sscheine@nsf.gov.	
Data: 	1998-09-25	
Ano: 	1998	
Palavras-chave: 	Biodiversity conservation; Biological indicator; Chromosomal inversion polymorphism; Climate change; Drosophila; Evolutionary ecology; Genetic diversity; Global warming; Microevolution.	
Resumo: 	Current efforts to study the biological effects of global change have focused on ecological responses, particularly shifts in species ranges. Mostly ignored are microevolutionary changes. Genetic changes may be at least as important as ecological ones in determining species' responses. In addition, such changes may be a sensitive indicator of global changes that will provide different information than that provided by range shifts. We discuss potential candidate systems to use in such monitoring programs. Studies of Drosophila subobscura suggest that its chromosomal inversion polymorphisms are responding to global warming. Drosophila inversion polymorphisms can be useful indicators of the effects of climate change on populations and ecosystems. Other species also hold the potential to become important indicators of global change. Such studies might significantly influence ecosystem conservation policies and research priorities.	
Tipo: 	Peer-Reviewed Reports	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	vol2/iss2/art2/	
Editor: 	Resilience Alliance	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Ecology and Society; Vol. 2, No. 2 (1998)