Terence Leach Email: terence.leach@lifesci.ucsb.edu Office: MSRB 2413 Lab Phone: 805-893-6176 |
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My research specifically explores the interplay between adaptation and acclimation (via phenotypic plasticity) in a changing environment using the ecologically relevant purple urchin species, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. I am currently investigating DNA methylation patterns and abundance within sea urchin larvae to elucidate the role of epigenetic inheritance as a mechanism of transgenerational plasticity. I also plan to use these techniques in order to determine whether different populations of locally adapted S. purpuratus vary in their reliance on these epigenetic mechanisms when confronted with ocean acidification and temperature stress.
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