Molecular basis of ocean acidification sensitivity and adaptation in Mytilus galloprovincialis.

ABSTRACT: Predicting the potential for species adaption to climate change is challenged by the need to identify the physiological mechanisms that underpin species vulnerability. Here, we investigated the sensitivity to ocean acidification in marine mussels during early development, and specifically the trochophore stage. Using RNA and DNA sequencing and in situ RNA hybridization, we identified developmental processes associated with abnormal development and rapid adaptation to low pH. Trochophores exposed to low pH seawater exhibited 43 differentially expressed genes. Gene annotation and in situ hybridization of differentially expressed genes point to pH sensitivity of (1) shell field development and (2) cellular stress response. Five genes within these two processes exhibited shifts i

SUBMITTER: Kapsenberg L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9283884 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature