Marine organisms' persistence hinges on the capacity for acclimatization and adaptation to
the myriad of interacting environmental stressors associated with global climate change. In …

Environmental epigenetics investigates the cause-effect relationships between specific
environmental factors and the subsequent epigenetic modifications triggering adaptive …

Echinoderms exhibit several fascinating evolutionary innovations that are rarely seen in the
animal kingdom, but how these animals attained such features is not well understood. Here …

Epigenetic marks affecting the expression of genes are triggered by environmental stimuli,
can persist throughout life or across multiple generations and can affect an individuals …

Temperature and salinity are two of the most potent abiotic factors influencing marine
mollusks. In this study, we investigated the individual and combined effects of temperature …

Estivation is a widespread survival strategy for dealing with adverse environmental
conditions such as high temperature, low oxygen and lack of water or food, which has been …

MicroRNAs, as one of the post-transcriptional regulation of genes, play an important role in
the development process, cell differentiation and immune defense. The sea cucumber …

Evolution has produced animals that survive extreme fluctuations in environmental
conditions including freezing temperatures, anoxia, desiccating conditions, and prolonged …

Air exposure stress is a common phenomenon for commercial crustacean species in
aquaculture and during waterless transportation. However, the antioxidant responses to air …

Aestivation is an important survival strategy that is used by a wide variety of organisms to
cope with high environmental temperatures and/or arid conditions. Summer aestivation also …