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SUMMARY:Model species Daphnia: A Genome for the Environment - John Colbour
 ne (School of Biosciences\, University of Birmingham)
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CONTACT:Jeremy Solly
DESCRIPTION:Daphnia\, or the water flea\, is a sentinel species of freshwa
 ter ecosystems. Their populations are defined by the boundaries of ponds a
 nd lakes\, are sensitive to modern toxicants in the environment\, and thus
  are used to assess the ecological impact of environmental change. Their s
 hort generation time\, large brood sizes\, and ease of laboratory and fiel
 d manipulation have assured Daphnia’s importance for setting regulatory 
 standards by environmental protection agencies\, for testing chemical safe
 ty\, for monitoring water quality\, and as a model for ecological genomics
  research. In this study\, we take advantage of the animal’s clonality a
 nd mature genomics tools to partition the sources of gene expression varia
 tion in the stress response of genetic isolates to multiple environmentall
 y relevant conditions\, thereby providing new insights into the functional
  interactions among genes and environment. Part of the research was conduc
 ted during hands-on training in “Environmental Genomics” – an annual
  summer course offered at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. h
 ttp://www.mdibl.org/courses/Environmental_Genomics/399/
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
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