China produces nearly 90% of the world's abalone. The Pacific abalone, Haliotis discus
hannai, is the main cultured species. Because of the southward migration to subtropical …

Organismal responses to stressful environments are influenced by numerous transcript-and
protein-level mechanisms, and the relationships between expression changes at these …

The study of adaptive population differences is relevant for evolutionary biology, as it
evidences the power of selective local forces relative to gene flow in maintaining adaptive …

Differences in the food acquisition rates and in the energetic costs of metabolism seem to
affect the growth rate variability of mussels. The aim of this study was to analyze if the …

We tested the hypothesis that environmental trophic conditions prominent during the
growing period (nurture conditions) can modify the differing physiological profiles between …

Growth rate is a commercial trait in aquaculture that is influenced by multiple factors, among
which genetic composition plays a fundamental role in the growth rate of species. The …

Background In bivalves, the rate at which organisms grow is a major functional trait
underlying many aspects of their commercial production. Growth is a highly polygenic trait …

To understand the molecular mechanism associated with growth variability in bivalves, we
employed Illumina RNA-seq technology to analyze the transcriptomic profiles from fast-and …

Ocean warming represents the greatest threat to the persistence of reef ecosystems. Most
coral populations are projected to experience temperatures above their current bleaching …

Biomineralisation of bivalve shells raises questions at the level of genes to the final calcified
product. For the first time, gene expression has been studied in association with growth …