The use of non-lethal sampling for transcriptomics to assess the physiological status of wild fishes
Fishes respond to different abiotic and biotic stressors through changes in gene expression
as a part of an integrated physiological response. Transcriptomics approaches have been …
as a part of an integrated physiological response. Transcriptomics approaches have been …
Extreme environments and the origins of biodiversity: adaptation and speciation in sulphide spring fishes
Organisms adapted to physiochemical stressors provide ideal systems to study evolutionary
mechanisms that drive adaptation and speciation. This review study focuses on livebearing …
mechanisms that drive adaptation and speciation. This review study focuses on livebearing …
Epigenetic inheritance of DNA methylation changes in fish living in hydrogen sulfide–rich springs
Environmental factors can promote phenotypic variation through alterations in the
epigenome and facilitate adaptation of an organism to the environment. Although hydrogen …
epigenome and facilitate adaptation of an organism to the environment. Although hydrogen …
Nascent transcription reveals regulatory changes in extremophile fishes inhabiting hydrogen sulfide-rich environments
BW Perry, KL McGowan… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Regulating transcription allows organisms to respond to their environment, both within a
single generation (plasticity) and across generations (adaptation). We examined …
single generation (plasticity) and across generations (adaptation). We examined …
Selection on standing genetic variation mediates convergent evolution in extremophile fish
K Ryan, R Greenway, J Landers… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen sulfide is a toxic gas that disrupts numerous biological processes, including
energy production in the mitochondria, yet fish in the Poecilia mexicana species complex …
energy production in the mitochondria, yet fish in the Poecilia mexicana species complex …
Genetic assimilation of ancestral plasticity during parallel adaptation to zinc contamination in Silene uniflora
DP Wood, JA Holmberg, OG Osborne… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Phenotypic plasticity in ancestral populations is hypothesized to facilitate adaptation, but
evidence is piecemeal and often contradictory. Further, whether ancestral plasticity …
evidence is piecemeal and often contradictory. Further, whether ancestral plasticity …
Impacts of heavy metal pollution on the ionomes and transcriptomes of Western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
JL Coffin, JL Kelley, PD Jeyasingh… - Molecular ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of the mechanisms mediating the resilience of organisms to
environmental change remains lacking. Heavy metals negatively affect processes at all …
environmental change remains lacking. Heavy metals negatively affect processes at all …
Among‐family variation in survival and gene expression uncovers adaptive genetic variation in a threatened fish
Variation in among‐family transcriptional responses to different environmental conditions
can help to identify adaptive genetic variation, even prior to a selective event. Coupling …
can help to identify adaptive genetic variation, even prior to a selective event. Coupling …
Restoring ancestral phenotypes is a general pattern in gene expression evolution during adaptation to new environments in Tribolium castaneum
EL Koch, F Guillaume - Molecular ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plasticity and evolution are two processes allowing populations to respond to environmental
changes, but how both are related and impact each other remains controversial. We studied …
changes, but how both are related and impact each other remains controversial. We studied …
Mitochondria and the origin of species: bridging genetic and ecological perspectives on speciation processes
Mitochondria have been known to be involved in speciation through the generation of
Dobzhansky–Muller incompatibilities, where functionally neutral co-evolution between …
Dobzhansky–Muller incompatibilities, where functionally neutral co-evolution between …