The Brine Shrimp Artemia: Adapted to Critical Life Conditions

GM Gajardo, JA Beardmore - Frontiers in physiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
The brine shrimp Artemia is a micro-crustacean, well adapted to the harsh conditions that
severely hypersaline environments impose on survival and reproduction. Adaptation to …

ZW sex-chromosome evolution and contagious parthenogenesis in Artemia brine shrimp

M Elkrewi, U Khauratovich, MA Toups, VK Bett… - Genetics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Eurasian brine shrimp (genus Artemia) have closely related sexual and asexual lineages of
parthenogenetic females, which produce rare males at low frequencies. Although they are …

Sex-Biased Gene Expression and Dosage Compensation on the Artemia franciscana Z-Chromosome

AK Huylmans, MA Toups, A Macon… - Genome Biology and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Males and females of Artemia franciscana, a crustacean commonly used in the aquarium
trade, are highly dimorphic. Sex is determined by a pair of ZW chromosomes, but the nature …

A first AFLP-Based Genetic Linkage Map for Brine Shrimp Artemia franciscana and Its Application in Mapping the Sex Locus

S De Vos, P Bossier, G Van Stappen, I Vercauteren… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
We report on the construction of sex-specific linkage maps, the identification of sex-linked
markers and the genome size estimation for the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana. Overall …

Construction of a high-density genetic linkage map and QTL mapping for sex and growth traits in Artemia franciscana

X Han, Y Ren, X Ouyang, B Zhang, L Sui - Aquaculture, 2021 - Elsevier
Artemia is not only one of the most important live feed used in larviculture, but also an ideal
experimental organism for scientific research. In the study, SLAF-seq method was used to …

Asexual male production by ZW recombination in Artemia parthenogenetica

L Boyer, R Jabbour-Zahab, P Joncour, S Glémin… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In some asexual species, parthenogenetic females occasionally produce males, which may
strongly affect the evolution and maintenance of asexuality if they cross with related sexuals …

Complexity of the heat-soluble LEA proteome in Artemia species

AH Warner, S Chakrabortee, A Tunnacliffe… - … and Physiology Part D …, 2012 - Elsevier
The brine shrimp Artemia is a well known stress tolerant invertebrate found on most
continents. Under certain conditions females produce cysts (encysted gastrulae) that enter …

High-quality chromosome-level genome assembly of female Artemia franciscana reveals sex chromosome and Hox gene organization

E Jo, M Cho, S Choi, SJ Lee, E Choi, J Kim, JY Kim… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Artemia is a crustacean genus belonging to the order Anostraca in the class Branchiopoda
and lives in inland hypersaline lakes. Among the genus, A. franciscana is a valuable species …

Transition in sexual system and sex chromosome evolution in the tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis

TC Mathers, RL Hammond, RA Jenner, B Hänfling… - Heredity, 2015 - nature.com
Transitions in sexual system and reproductive mode may affect the course of sex
chromosome evolution, for instance by altering the strength of sexually antagonistic …

Rearing enhancement of Ovalipes trimaculatus (Crustacea: Portunidae) zoea I by feeding on Artemia persimilis nauplii enriched with alternative microalgal diets

A Martelli, ES Barbieri, JB Dima, PJ Barón - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The southern surf crab Ovalipes trimaculatus (de Haan, 1833) presents a high potential for
aquaculture. In this study, we analyze the benefits of different dietary treatments on its molt …