Differential miRNA expression in the three-spined stickleback, response to environmental changes.

ABSTRACT: miRNAs play important role in the various physiological and evolutionary processes, however, there is no data allowing comparison of evolutionary differences between various ecotypes adapted to different environmental conditions and specimen demonstrating immediate physiological response to the environmental changes. We compared miRNA expression profiles between marine and freshwater stickleback populations of the three-spined stickleback to identify the evolutionary differences. To study the immediate physiological response to foreign environment, we explored the changes induced by transfer of marine sticklebacks into freshwater environment and vice versa. Comparative analysis of changes in miRNA expression suggested that they are driven by three independent factors: (1) non-specific chan

SUBMITTER: Rastorguev SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5741757 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature