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Open AccessPopulation genomics of an icefish reveals mechanisms of glacier-driven adaptive radiation in Antarctic notothenioids
Antarctica harbors the bulk of the species diversity of the dominant teleost fish suborder—Notothenioidei. However, the forces that shape their evolution are still under debate.
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Gut Microbial Divergence Between Three Hadal Amphipod Species from the Isolated Hadal Trenches
Amphipods are the dominant scavenging metazoan species in the hadal trenches at water depths below 6,000 m. The gut microbiota have been considered to be contribution to the adaptation of deep-sea organisms; h...
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Characterization of EPO H131S as a key mutation site in the hypoxia-adaptive evolution of Gymnocypris dobula
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a glycoprotein hormone involved in proerythropoiesis, antioxidation, and antiapoptosis. It also contributes to cellular immune function in high-altitude species, such as the schizothoracin...
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Comparative proteomic analysis of head kidney among three Antarctic fishes
Antarctic icefish is the only known vertebrate species that lacks oxygen-carrying hemoglobin and functional erythrocytes. To reveal the unique hematopoietic process of icefish, we used an integrated approach i...
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Trace Elemental Analysis of the Exoskeleton, Leg Muscle, and Gut of Three Hadal Amphipods
Hadal trenches are the deepest areas worldwide. Amphipods are considered a key factor in hadal ecosystems because of their important impacts on the hadal environment. Amphipods have benthic habits, and therefo...
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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure Analysis of Three Deep-Sea Amphipod Species from Geographically Isolated Hadal Trenches in the Pacific Ocean
Amphipods of the superfamily Lysianassoidea that inhabit the hadal zone ( > 6000 m) have large bathymetric ranges and play a key role in deep ocean ecosystems. The endemism of these amphipod species makes them...
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Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α from a high-altitude fish enhances cytoprotection and elevates nitric oxide production in hypoxic environment
Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are master transcription factor regulating hypoxic responses in vertebrates. Species of Schizothoracine, a sub-family of cyprinidae, are highly endemic to the hypoxic Qinghai-T...
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Open AccessGC bias lead to increased small amino acids and random coils of proteins in cold-water fishes
Temperature adaptation of biological molecules is fundamental in evolutionary studies but remains unsolved. Fishes living in cold water are adapted to low temperatures through adaptive modification of their bi...
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Open AccessNeofunctionalization of zona pellucida proteins enhances freeze-prevention in the eggs of Antarctic notothenioids
The mechanisms by which the eggs of the Antarctic notothenioid fishes avoid freezing are not fully understood. Zona pellucida proteins (ZPs) are constituents of the chorion which forms a protective matrix surr...
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Open AccessTranscriptome comparison reveals a genetic network regulating the lower temperature limit in fish
Transcriptional plasticity is a major driver of phenotypic differences between species. The lower temperature limit (LTL), namely the lower end of survival temperature, is an important trait delimiting the geo...
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Open AccessAnalysis of the erythropoietin of a Tibetan Plateau schizothoracine fish (Gymnocypris dobula) reveals enhanced cytoprotection function in hypoxic environments
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a glycoprotein hormone that plays a principal regulatory role in erythropoiesis and initiates cell homeostatic responses to environmental challenges. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a natu...
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Erratum to: Genetic Population Structure of Thunnus albacares in the Central Pacific Ocean Based on mtDNA COI Gene Sequences
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Genetic Population Structure of Thunnus albacares in the Central Pacific Ocean Based on mtDNA COI Gene Sequences
Thunnus albacares is an important fishery species throughout the world. Polymorphisms of sequence variations in mtDNA COI genes were assessed to explore the genetic differentiations among...
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Development of 39 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas using Illumina paired-end sequencing
Dosidicus gigas is an abundant squid species supporting one of the most important fisheries in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Assessment and management of the fishery requires reliable information on...
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Genetic population structure of the bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus in the central Pacific Ocean based on mtDNA Cytb sequences
Bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus is considered an important fishery species around the world. There is no adequate genetic data available for the T. obesus population. Polymorphism of sequence variations in mitochondr...
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Open AccessProteomic characterization and evolutionary analyses of zona pellucida domain-containing proteins in the egg coat of the cephalochordate, Branchiostoma belcheri
Zona pellucida domain-containing proteins (ZP proteins) have been identified as the principle constituents of the egg coat (EC) of diverse metazoan taxa, including jawed vertebrates, urochordates and molluscs ...
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Molecular cloning of heat shock protein 60 (PtHSP60) from Portunus trituberculatus and its expression response to salinity stress
Heat shock protein 60 (HSP60) is a highly conserved and multi-functional molecular chaperone that plays an essential role in both cellular metabolism and stress response. Portunus trituberculatus is an important ...
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Gene expression profiles of the swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus exposed to salinity stress
The swimming crab, Portunus trituberculatus, is an important marine fishery and aquaculture species. Although P. trituberculatus is a euryhaline species, water salinity condition influenced its distribution, migr...
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Development and Characterization of Microsatellite Markers for Genetic Analysis of the Swimming Crab, Portunus trituberculatus
This study isolated and characterized 11 novel microsatellite markers for the commercially important swimming crab species, Portunus trituberculatus. Genetic diversity and population structure of two populations ...
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Genetic differentiation between populations of swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus along the coastal waters of the East China Sea
Portunus trituberculatus is a commercially important species widely spread in the East China Sea. Intraspecific variation of the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase subunit I (mtDNA COI)...
