Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Isabelle Neylan is an NSF postdoctoral research fellow at LSU, where she works with Morgan Kelly and Brant Faircloth in the LSU College of Science’s Department of Biological Sciences. She has been studying a copepod called Tigriopus californicus and its genetic adaptation and evolution in response to climate change.
In a study published in the Royal Society Proceedings B, Neylan compared copepod individuals from two populations in California, one northern and one southern. Intriguingly, the results are more promising for northern populations of these tiny creatures. Why? Their response to heat stress is more flexible!
#dna #geneexpression #plasticity #heatstress #climatechange
Isabelle Neylan is an NSF postdoctoral research fellow at LSU, where she works with Morgan Kelly and Brant Faircloth in the LSU College of Science’s Department of Biological Sciences. She has been studying a copepod called Tigriopus californicus and its genetic adaptation and evolution in response to climate change.
In a study published in the Royal Society Proceedings B, Neylan compared copepod individuals from two populations in California, one northern and one southern. Intriguingly, the results are more promising for northern populations of these tiny creatures. Why? Their response to heat stress is more flexible!
#dna #geneexpression #plasticity #heatstress #climatechange
