Tracking transcriptomic responses to endogenous and exogenous variation in cetaceans in the Southern California Bight.

ABSTRACT: Marine wildlife populations are adapted to survive in highly dynamic environments. However, identifying the effects of endogenous versus exogenous variables on marine mammal physiology remains a substantial challenge in part because of the logistical constraints that limit the collection of physiological data in free-ranging animals. Measuring genome-wide gene expression is one minimally invasive method that can be used to elucidate how free-ranging cetaceans' physiological responses shift with changing environmental conditions or demographic states, i.e. reproductive status and maturity. We identified transcriptomic differences among bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Southern California Bight using RNAseq data from the skin of 75 individuals to examine gene expressi

SUBMITTER: Trego ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6518923 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature