A subject of extensive study in evolutionary theory has been the issue of how neutral,
redundant copies can be maintained in the genome for long periods of time. Concurrently …

Patterns of environmental spatial structure lie at the heart of the most fundamental and
familiar patterns of diversity on Earth. Antarctica contains some of the strongest …

Animals living in the Southern Ocean have evolved in a singular environment. It shares
many of its attributes with the high Arctic, namely low, stable temperatures, the pervading …

Global warming is intensifying interest in the mechanisms enabling ectothermic animals to
adjust physiological performance and cope with temperature change. Here we show that …

Phenotypic plasticity is the development of different phenotypes from a single genotype,
depending on the environment. Such plasticity is a pervasive feature of life, is observed for …

Aquaculture has been believed to be a major Chinese contribution to the world. In recent 20
years, genome and other genetic technologies have promoted significant advances in basic …

Copy number variants (CNVs) are a major component of genotypic and phenotypic variation
in genomes. To date, our knowledge of genotypic variation and evolution has largely been …

Ectothermic species like fishes differ greatly in the thermal ranges they tolerate; some
eurythermal species may encounter temperature ranges in excess of 25° C, whereas …

Polymorphisms in genetic copy number can influence gene expression, coding sequence,
and zygosity, making them powerful actors in the evolutionary process. Copy number …

The Antarctic biota is highly endemic, and the diversity and abundance of taxonomic groups
differ from elsewhere in the world. Such characteristics have resulted from evolution in …