How to Reproduce in the Siberian Winter: Proteome Dynamics Reveals the Timing of Reproduction-Related Processes in an Amphipod Species Endemic to Lake Baikal.

ABSTRACT: The winters in the region of the vast global freshwater biodiversity hotspot Lake Baikal are extremely cold. Although the conditions for reproduction may seem unfavorable during winter, the lake is inhabited by a major endemic winter-reproducing amphipod species complex. Compared with Baikal's summer-reproducing amphipod species, the duration of a reproduction cycle in the winter-reproducing species is more extended. We hence hypothesized that in those species, reproduction-related processes dependent on external resources are scheduled to occur outside of winter when the conditions are more advantageous. To receive insights into the ongoing processes, we analyzed sex-specific seasonal proteome dynamics in Eulimnogammarus verrucosus as a representative of the winter-reproducing amph

SUBMITTER: Lipaeva P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12286621 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature