Advancing the production efficiency and profitability of aquaculture is dependent upon the
ability to utilize a diverse array of genetic resources. The ultimate goals of aquaculture …

We are beginning to understand how the larvae of molluscs and echinoderms with complex
life cycles will be affected by climate change. Early experiments using short-term exposures …

Ocean acidification (OA) is predicted to have widespread implications for marine organisms,
yet the capacity for species to acclimate or adapt over this century remains unknown. Recent …

The relationship between genome size and the percentage of transposons in 161 animal
species evidenced that variations in genome size are linked to the amplification or the …

In vertebrates, cytosine-guanine (CpG) dinucleotides are predominantly methylated, with∼
80% of all CpG sites containing 5-methylcytosine (5mC), a repressive mark associated with …

Unprecedented rate of increased CO 2 level in the ocean and the subsequent changes in
carbonate system including decreased pH, known as ocean acidification (OA), is predicted …

DNA methylation involved in sex determination mechanism by regulating gene expression
related to sex determination networks are common in vertebrates. However, the mechanism …

Populations may respond to environmental heterogeneity via evolutionary divergence or
phenotypic plasticity. While evolutionary divergence occurs through DNA sequence …

Epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation have been shown to participate in plastic
responses to environmental change in a wide range of organisms, including scleractinian …

DNA methylation is a critical epigenetic regulator of development in mammals and social
insects, but its significance in development outside these groups is not understood. Here we …