High alkalinity stress was considered as a major risk factor for aquatic animals surviving in
saline-alkaline water. However, few information exists on the effects of alkalinity stress in …

We used a representative of one of the oldest extant vertebrate lineages (jawless fish or
agnathans) to investigate the early evolution and function of the growth hormone …

Understanding Na+ uptake mechanisms in vertebrates has been a research priority since
vertebrate ancestors were thought to originate from hyperosmotic marine habitats to the …

Evolution of the vertebrate urinary system occurs in response to numerous selective
pressures, which have been incompletely characterized. Developing research into urinary …

The endocrine system is an essential regulator of the osmoregulatory organs that enable
euryhaline fishes to maintain hydromineral balance in a broad range of environmental …

Solute carrier 12 (Slc12) is a family of electroneutral cation-coupled chloride (Cl−)
cotransporters. Na+/K+/2Cl−(Nkcc) and Na+/Cl− cotransporters (Ncc) belong to the …

Hagfishes are characterized by omo-and iono-conforming nature similar to marine
invertebrates. Conventionally, hagfishes had been recognized as the most primitive living …

How the growth hormone (GH)/insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system affects osmoregulation
in basal vertebrates remains unknown. We examined changes in the expression of …

Control of invasive species is a critical component of conservation biology given the
catastrophic damage that they can cause to the ecosystems they invade. This is particularly …

Owing to extreme precipitation and surface runoff, low-salinity stress has become a severe
environmental concern restricting inshore cultivation of large yellow croaker (Larimichthys …