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Melissa Pespeni

University of Vermont
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Evolutionary change during experimental ocean acidification

MH Pespeni, E Sanford, B Gaylord… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) conditions are driving unprecedented changes in
seawater chemistry, resulting in reduced pH and carbonate ion concentrations in the Earth’…

The simple fool's guide to population genomics via RNA‐Seq: an introduction to high‐throughput sequencing data analysis

P De Wit, MH Pespeni, JT Ladner… - Molecular ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
High‐throughput sequencing technologies are currently revolutionizing the field of biology
and medicine, yet bioinformatic challenges in analysing very large data sets have slowed the …

SNP genotyping and population genomics from expressed sequences–current advances and future possibilities

P De Wit, MH Pespeni, SR Palumbi - Molecular ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid increase in production of genetic data from new sequencing technologies, a
myriad of new ways to study genomic patterns in nonmodel organisms are currently possible. …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of transcriptional plasticity but sustained adaptive capacity after adaptation to global change conditions in a marine copepod

…, MB Finiguerra, H Baumann, MH Pespeni - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Adaptive evolution and phenotypic plasticity will fuel resilience in the geologically
unprecedented warming and acidification of the earth’s oceans, however, we have much to learn …

Transcriptomic responses to seawater acidification among sea urchin populations inhabiting a natural pH mosaic

TG Evans, MH Pespeni, GE Hofmann… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing awareness of spatial and temporal variation in ocean pH suggests some marine
populations may be adapted to local pH regimes and will therefore respond differently to …

Rapid, but limited, zooplankton adaptation to simultaneous warming and acidification

…, H Baumann, RS Brennan, MH Pespeni - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
Predicting the response of marine animals to climate change is hampered by a lack of
multigenerational studies on evolutionary adaptation, particularly to combined ocean warming …

Signals of selection in outlier loci in a widely dispersing species across an environmental mosaic

MH Pespeni, SR Palumbi - Molecular Ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Local adaptation reflects a balance between natural selection and gene flow and is classically
thought to require the retention of locally adapted alleles. However, organisms with high …

Experimental evolution reveals the synergistic genomic mechanisms of adaptation to ocean warming and acidification in a marine copepod

…, H Baumann, V Buffalo, MH Pespeni - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Metazoan adaptation to global change relies on selection of standing genetic variation.
Determining the extent to which this variation exists in natural populations, particularly for …

Differences in the regulation of growth and biomineralization genes revealed through long-term common-garden acclimation and experimental genomics in the purple …

MH Pespeni, BT Barney, SR Palumbi - Evolution, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Across heterogeneous landscapes, populations may have adaptive differences in gene
regulation that adjust their physiologies to match local environments. Such differences could …

Microplastics reduce net population growth and fecal pellet sinking rates for the marine copepod, Acartia tonsa

EA Shore, JA DeMayo, MH Pespeni - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics (<5 mm) are ubiquitous in the global environment and are increasingly
recognized as a biological hazard, particularly in the oceans. Zooplankton, at the base of the …