The mechanisms of evolutionary flexibility in earthworm genomes

Rimmington, Oliver John 2018. The mechanisms of evolutionary flexibility in earthworm genomes. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University. Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

Many individual organisms have latent phenotypic potentials which are never realised within their lifespans. This potential can include a huge diversity of dormant adaptations across the tree of life, such as the ability to tolerate radical changes in temperature, survive restricted nutrient availability, and resist toxins and parasites. Prior to unrealised phenotypic potentials are necessarily information potentials residing in a dormant state also. This thesis investigates the systematic interactions of facultative morphologies and atavistic adaptivity with the evolutionary systems which propagate them. Earthworms as models are for these purposes an almost archetypal form of a high-latent-potential organism. Examples abound of their thriving as peregrine species with near-global ranges.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Date Type:	Completion
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	Biosciences
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	24 June 2020
Last Modified:	16 Mar 2021 02:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/132769

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