Multidimensional plasticity jointly contributes to rapid acclimation to environmental challenges during biological invasions.

ABSTRACT: Rapid plastic response to environmental changes, which involves extremely complex underlying mechanisms, is crucial for organismal survival during many ecological and evolutionary processes such as those in global change and biological invasions. Gene expression is among the most studied molecular plasticity, while co- or posttranscriptional mechanisms are still largely unexplored. Using a model invasive ascidian Ciona savignyi, we studied multidimensional short-term plasticity in response to hyper- and hyposalinity stresses, covering the physiological adjustment, gene expression, alternative splicing (AS), and alternative polyadenylation (APA) regulations. Our results demonstrated that rapid plastic response varied with environmental context, timescales, and molecular regulatory le

SUBMITTER: Huang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10159005 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature