Evolutionary origin of species diversity on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

KS Mao, Y Wang, JQ Liu - Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) sensu lato (sl) houses an exceptional species
diversity in Asia. To develop a comprehensive understanding of species diversity in this …

Molecular physiology of freeze tolerance in vertebrates

KB Storey, JM Storey - Physiological Reviews, 2017‏ - journals.physiology.org
Freeze tolerance is an amazing winter survival strategy used by various amphibians and
reptiles living in seasonally cold environments. These animals may spend weeks or months …

Cross-species insights into genomic adaptations to hypoxia

ME Pamenter, JE Hall, Y Tanabe… - Frontiers in Genetics, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Over millions of years, vertebrate species populated vast environments spanning the globe.
Among the most challenging habitats encountered were those with limited availability of …

Distribution of microplastics in benthic sediments of Qinghai Lake on the Tibetan Plateau, China

N Jiang, W Luo, P Zhao, B Ga, J Jia, JP Giesy - Science of The Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Although several studies of microplastics (MPs) with size< 5 mm in lake sediments focused
on lakeshore areas, there have been no studies of distributions of MPs from lakeshores to …

Species groups distributed across elevational gradients reveal convergent and continuous genetic adaptation to high elevations

YB Sun, TT Fu, JQ **, RW Murphy, DM Hillis… - Proceedings of the …, 2018‏ - pnas.org
Although many cases of genetic adaptations to high elevations have been reported, the
processes driving these modifications and the pace of their evolution remain unclear. Many …

Transcriptomic and metabolomic reprogramming to explore the high-altitude adaptation of medicinal plants: a review

V Kumar, P Kumar, B Bhargava, R Sharma… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2023‏ - Springer
High-altitude climates are characterized by intense solar and UV (ultraviolet) stress, long
periods of sunlight, low temperatures, and a significant temperature differential between day …

[PDF][PDF] Divergent fine-scale recombination landscapes between a freshwater and marine population of threespine stickleback fish

AF Shanfelter, SL Archambeault… - Genome biology and …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Meiotic recombination is a highly conserved process that has profound effects on genome
evolution. At a fine-scale, recombination rates can vary drastically across genomes, often …

Differential Expression of Metabolism-Related Genes in Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae) at Different Altitudes on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

H Zhu, L Zhong, J Li, S Wang, J Qu - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
According to life history theory, animals living in extreme environments have evolved
specific behavioral and physiological strategies for survival. However, the genetic …

[HTML][HTML] The genome of a hadal sea cucumber reveals novel adaptive strategies to deep-sea environments

G Shao, T He, Y Mu, P Mu, J Ao, X Lin, L Ruan… - Iscience, 2022‏ - cell.com
How organisms cope with coldness and high pressure in the hadal zone remains poorly
understood. Here, we sequenced and assembled the genome of hadal sea cucumber …

Genomewide scan for adaptive differentiation along altitudinal gradient in the Andrew's toad Bufo andrewsi

B Guo, D Lu, WB Liao, J Merilä - Molecular Ecology, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies of humans, dogs and rodents have started to discover the genetic
underpinnings of high altitude adaptations, yet amphibians have received little attention in …