Project description:We used transcriptomic information from the whole blood of migrating Garden warblers (Sylvia borin) to identify key regulatory pathways related to adaptations for migration. Birds were temporarily caged during stopover and then sampled twice at different refuelling states (lean vs fat), reflecting different migratory stages (stopover arrival vs departure) after the crossing of an extended ecological barrier.
Project description:We have conducted a season and subspecies comparasion on the two Willow Warbler subspecies Phylloscopus trochilus trochilus and Phylloscopus trochilus acredula. The analysis were performed by hybridizing cDNA from the Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) on a Affymetrix costum array designed for the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), the Lund-zf array.
Project description:We have done an expression experiment studying sexual dimorphism in gene expression in two species of songbirds, the zebra finch (Teaniopigia guttata) and the common whitethroat (Sylvia communis).
Project description:In this study we use nimblegen high-density arrays to examine gene expression regulation in a common-garden experiment varying thermal environments. We report genome-wide patterns of gene expression in two heat tolerant southern and two heat-sensitive northern clones of Daphnia pulex exposed to either optimal (18°C) or substressful (28°C) temperatures.
Project description:Comparative transcriptomics of the garden dormouse hypothalamus during early torpor, late torpor and interbout arousal of hibernation
