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Title
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Some like it hot : population-specific adaptations in venom production to abiotic stressors in a widely distributed cnidarian
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Author
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Reitzel, Adam M., Sachkova, Maria Y., Macrander, Jason, Surm, Joachim M., Aharoni, Reuven, Menard-Harvey, Shelcie S., Klock, Amy, Leach, Whitney, Moran, Yehu
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Subjects--Topical
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Predation (Biology), Venom
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Description
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Background In cnidarians, antagonistic interactions with predators and prey are mediated by their venom, whose synthesis may be metabolically expensive. The potentially high cost of venom production has been hypothesized to drive population-specif...
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Population genomic analyses of the sea urchin Echinometra sp. EZ across an extreme environmental gradient
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Author
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Ketchum, Remi, Smith, Edward, DeBiasse, Melissa B., Vaughan, Grace, McParland, Dain, Leach, Whitney, Al-Mansoori, Noura, Ryan, Joseph F., Burt, John A., Reitzel, Adam M.
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Subjects--Topical
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Sea urchins, Extreme environments, Marine biology
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Description
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Extreme environmental gradients represent excellent study systems to better understand the variables that mediate patterns of genomic variation between populations. They also allow for more accurate predictions of how future environmental change m...
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Decoupling behavioral and transcriptional responses to color in an eyeless cnidarian
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Author
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Reitzel, Adam M., Leach, Whitney
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Subjects--Topical
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Gene expression, Circadian rhythms
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Description
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Background Animals have specific molecular, physiological, and behavioral responses to light that are influenced by wavelength and intensity. Predictable environmental changes – predominantly solar and lunar cycles – drive endogenous daily oscilla...
