Comparison of Mitochondrial Genome Expression Differences among Four Skink Species Distributed at Different Latitudes under Low-Temperature Stress.

ABSTRACT: Continual climate change strongly influences temperature conditions worldwide, making ectothermic animals as suitable species for studying the potential impact of climate change on global biodiversity. However, the study of how lizards distributed at different latitudes respond to climate change at the transcriptome level is still insufficient. According to the Climatic Variability Hypothesis (CVH), the range of climate fluctuations experienced by terrestrial animals throughout the year increases with latitude, so individuals at higher latitudes should exhibit greater thermal plasticity to cope with fluctuating environments. Mitochondria, as the energy center of vertebrate cells, may indicate species' plasticity through the sensitivity of gene expression. In this study, we focused on the c

SUBMITTER: Zhan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11605214 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature