Crustaceans are major constituents to aquatic ecosystems that provide a variety of
ecological and economic services. Individual crustacean species are adept at occupying …

Ecological genomics is the study of adaptation of natural populations to their environment,
and therefore seeks to link organism and population level processes through an …

Dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration in the water column is an environmental parameter
that is crucial for the successful development of many pelagic organisms. Hypoxia tolerance …

Sex-determining mechanisms are diverse among animal lineages and can be broadly
divided into two major categories: genetic and environmental. In contrast to genetic sex …

Background Ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have been designed
to interrupt eicosanoid metabolism in mammals, but little is known of how they affect …

Background The analysis of obesogenic effects in invertebrates is limited by our poor
knowledge of the regulatory pathways of lipid metabolism. Recent data from the crustacean …

Two Daphnia magna vitellogenin (VTG) genes in neighboring but opposite orientations
were identified. One was the gene for DmagVTG1, a previously characterized VTG …

Abstract Tris (2-butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBOEP) is an organophosphate ester used as
substitute following the phase-out of brominated flamed retardants. Because of its high …

Terpenoid hormones function as morphogens throughout the animal kingdom and many of
these activities are mediated through members of the retinoid X group of nuclear receptors …

Understanding the relationship between mutations and their genomic and phenotypic
consequences has been a longstanding goal of evolutionary biology. However, few studies …