Temperature, energy metabolism, and adaptive divergence in two oyster subspecies.

ABSTRACT: Comparisons of related species that have diverse spatial distributions provide an efficient way to investigate adaptive evolution in face of increasing global warming. The oyster subjected to high environmental selections is a model species as sessile marine invertebrate. This study aimed to detect the adaptive divergence of energy metabolism in two oyster subspecies from the genus Crassostrea-C. gigas gigas and C. gigas angulata-which are broadly distributed along the northern and southern coasts of China, respectively. We examined the effects of acute thermal stress on energy metabolism in two oyster subspecies after being common gardened for one generation in identical conditions. Thermal responses were assessed by incorporating physiological, molecular, and genomic

SUBMITTER: Li A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5574764 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature