Transcriptomic changes in relation to early-life events in the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Teleosts are exposed to a broad range of external stimuli, which may be either of acute or chronic nature. The larval phase of certain fish species offer a unique opportunity to study the interactions between genes and environmental factors during early life. The present study investigates the effects of early-life events, applied at different time points of early ontogeny (first feeding, flexion and development of all fins; Phase 1) as well as on the subsequent juvenile stage after the application of an additional acute stressor (Phase 2) in the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), a commercially important European aquaculture species. Animal performance, the cortisol response and gene expression patterns during early development as well as on the subsequent phases (juve

SUBMITTER: Sarropoulou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4962366 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature