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Jesper Givskov Sørensen
Researcher at Aarhus University
Publications - 180
Citations - 9491
Jesper Givskov Sørensen is an academic researcher from Aarhus University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Ectotherm. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 169 publications receiving 8323 citations. Previous affiliations of Jesper Givskov Sørensen include Des Moines University & La Trobe University.
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The evolutionary and ecological role of heat shock proteins
TL;DR: It is suggested that the expression level of Hsp in each species and population is a balance between benefits and costs, i.e. a negative impact on growth, development rate and fertility as a result of overexpression of Hsps.
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Adaptation of Drosophila to temperature extremes: bringing together quantitative and molecular approaches
TL;DR: The way the Drosophila research has been used to understand the evolution of plastic responses, tradeoffs and limits to selection, and to develop links between laboratory studies and adaptive shifts leading to population and species differences is examined.
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Phenotypic variance, plasticity and heritability estimates of critical thermal limits depend on methodological context
TL;DR: Different rates of temperature change resulted in different phenotypic variances and different estimates of heritability, presuming that genetic variance remains constant among traits and species.
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Water loss in insects: An environmental change perspective
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that habitat alteration, climate change, biological invasions, pollution and overexploitation are likely to be having considerable effects on insect populations mediated through physiological responses (or the lack thereof) to water stress, and that these effects may often be non-intuitive.
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Changes in membrane lipid composition following rapid cold hardening in Drosophila melanogaster
Johannes Overgaard,Jesper Givskov Sørensen,Søren O. Petersen,Volker Loeschcke,Martin Holmstrup +4 more
TL;DR: Cold selection resulted in PLFA changes, which may improve the ability to harden during RCH, which is consistent with the membrane response typically found during cold acclimation in ectothermic animals and likely adaptive to maintain membrane function during cold.