Mechanisms of Na+ uptake from freshwater habitats in animals

CE Lee, G Charmantier, C Lorin-Nebel - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Life in fresh water is osmotically and energetically challenging for living organisms, requiring
increases in ion uptake from dilute environments. However, mechanisms of ion uptake from …

Transcriptomic imprints of adaptation to fresh water: parallel evolution of osmoregulatory gene expression in the Alewife

JP Velotta, JL Wegrzyn, S Ginzburg, L Kang… - Molecular …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Comparative approaches in physiological genomics offer an opportunity to understand the
functional importance of genes involved in niche exploitation. We used populations of …

Repeated genetic targets of natural selection underlying adaptation of fishes to changing salinity

JP Velotta, SD McCormick, A Whitehead… - Integrative and …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Ecological transitions across salinity boundaries have led to some of the most important
diversification events in the animal kingdom, especially among fishes. Adaptations …

Characterization and expression of Na+/K+-ATPase in gills and kidneys of the Teleost fish Oreochromis mossambicus, Oreochromis urolepis hornorum and their …

H Zhu, Z Liu, F Gao, M Lu, Y Liu, H Su, D Ma… - … and Physiology Part A …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus, O. urolepis hornorum, their hybrids O. mossambicus♀×
O. hornorum♂ and O. hornorum♀× O. mossambicus♂) were exposed to a high salinity …

Differential regulation of select osmoregulatory genes and Na+/K+-ATPase paralogs may contribute to population differences in salinity tolerance in a semi …

PC Mundy, KM Jeffries, NA Fangue… - … and Physiology Part A …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Sacramento splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) is a species of special
concern that is native to the San Francisco Estuary, USA. Two genetically distinct …

Epigenetic diversity of genes with copy number variations among natural populations of the three‐spined stickleback

FJJ Chain, BS Meyer, MJ Heckwolf… - Evolutionary …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Duplicated genes provide the opportunity for evolutionary novelty and adaptive divergence.
In many cases, having more gene copies increases gene expression, which might facilitate …

Genome-wide analysis of histone modifications can contribute to the identification of candidate cis-regulatory regions in the threespine stickleback fish

G Okude, YY Yamasaki, A Toyoda, S Mori, J Kitano - BMC genomics, 2024‏ - Springer
Background Cis-regulatory mutations often underlie phenotypic evolution. However,
because identifying the locations of promoters and enhancers in non-coding regions is …

Endocrine control of gill ionocyte function in euryhaline fishes

JP Breves, CA Shaughnessy - Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2024‏ - Springer
The endocrine system is an essential regulator of the osmoregulatory organs that enable
euryhaline fishes to maintain hydromineral balance in a broad range of environmental …

Genome-wide identification and quantification of salinity-responsive Na+/K+-ATPase α-subunits in three salmonids

Y Su, SE Yu, YX Sun, L Zhang, Y Tan, YY Zhang… - Aquaculture, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA) is a ubiquitous ion-transporting pump that functions to
maintain intracellular homeostasis. We performed a comprehensive assessment of salinity …

Reduced salinity tolerance in the Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is associated with rapid development of a gill interlamellar cell mass: implications of high-saline …

SD Blair, D Matheson, Y He… - Conservation …, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) are salmonids that have a strict freshwater existence in
post-glacial North America. Oil and gas development is associated with production of high …