To mitigate the effects of climate change, it is important to understand species' responses to
increasing temperatures. This has often been done by studying survival or activity at …

Efforts to understand the genetic underpinnings of phenotypic variation are becoming more
and more frequent in molecular ecology. Such efforts often lead to the identification of …

The aim of the work presented in this thesis is to investigate how costly adaptations
promoted by sexual selection affect fertility and offspring quality through changes in germline …

When considering fish, there are multiple definitions of a good-quality egg which can
depend on the species and field of study and therefore it is difficult to determine a set of egg …

The environment experienced by a female influences reproductive traits in many species of
fish. Environmental factors such as temperature and diet are not only important mediators of …

Organisms use resource allocation strategies to survive seasonal environmental changes
and life-history stage transitions. Earlier studies found a transcription cofactor, vgll3, …

Seasonality can influence many physiological traits requiring optimal energetic capacity for
life-history stage transitions. In Atlantic salmon, high-energy status is essential for the …

The environment experienced by a female influences reproductive traits in many species of
fish. Environmental factors such as temperature and diet are not only important mediators of …

Mutations often have consequences that vary across individuals. Here, we show that the
stimulation of a stress response can reduce mutation penetrance in Caenorhabditis elegans. …

Transfer RNA (tRNA) has a key role in translation, as carrier of the amino acid to the ribosome
and messenger RNA (mRNA). Genes for tRNAs are numerous and scattered throughout …