Sharks compose one of the most diverse and abundant groups of consumers in the ocean.
Consumption and digestion are essential processes for obtaining nutrients and energy …

Chemical reactor theory (CRT) suggests that the digestive tract functions as a chemical
reactor for processing food. Presumably, gut structure and function should match diet to …

The gastric stomach is a hallmark of vertebrate evolution, yet is missing in nearly 25% of
living fish species and some mammals. New work by Kato et al. shows how a cassette of …

To promote sustainability and efficiency for aquaculture production, there are two key
actions: i) The implementation of novel nutritional strategies with more sustainable raw …

Beyond a few obvious examples (eg, gut length, amylase activity), digestive and metabolic
specializations towards diet remain elusive in fishes. Thus, we compared gut length, δ13C …

Adopting a new diet is a significant evolutionary change, and can profoundly affect an
animal's physiology, biochemistry, ecology and genome. To study this evolutionary …

Different species can find convergent solutions to adapt their genome to the same
evolutionary constraints, although functional convergence promoted by chromosomal …

Abalone around the world are subject to increasing frequency of marine heatwaves, yet we
have a limited understanding of how acute high temperature events impact the physiology of …

The marine intertidal mussel Mytilus californianus aggregates to form beds along the Pacific
shores of North America. As a sessile organism it must cope with fluctuations in temperature …

Natural dietary shifts offer the opportunity to address the nutritional physiological characters
required to thrive on a particular diet. Here, we studied the nutritional physiology of Podarcis …