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标题：Tracking the Genetic Effects of Global Warming: Drosophila and Other Model Systems
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作者：Francisco Rodríguez-Trelles ; Miguel A Rodríguez ; Samuel M Scheiner 等
期刊名称：Ecology and Society
印刷版ISSN：1708-3087
电子版ISSN：1708-3087
出版年度：1998
卷号：2
期号：2
出版社：The Resilience Alliance
摘要：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.
关键词：biodiversity conservation; biological indicator; chromosomal inversion polymorphism; climate change; Drosophila; evolutionary ecology; genetic diversity; global warming; microevolution.