Download European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) are considered one of the

Biology Seminar
Biology Graduate Student Association and Department of Biological Sciences
Fri. 10/11 @ 4pm in Sci B 135
Physiological and transcriptomic
adaptation in the globally
invasive European green crab
Carolyn Tepolt
Stanford University
“European green crabs
(Carcinus maenas) are
considered one of the
world's worst invasive
species...”
European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) are considered one of the world's worst invasive species,
and have been highly successful across a wide range of temperatures – from Newfoundland to
Australia. Because they thrive in such diverse environments, they make an excellent system in
which to study local adaptation. This project combined cardiac physiology and next-generation
sequencing to examine thermal tolerance, gene expression, and gene sequence at seven locations
in the species' native European and invasive North American ranges.
Upcoming Speakers:
FST outlier analyses detected several candidate genes likely under
Oct. 18
selection between environments. Despite high gene flow and
Phil van Mantgem
acclimatory plasticity, green crabs do appear to be partially locally
USGS
“For
whom
the bell tolls:
adapted to their environments both physiologically and genetically.
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processes, patterns and
consequences of tree
mortality”
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