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Title: Some like it hot : population-specific adaptations in venom production to abiotic stressors in a widely distributed cnidarian
Author: Reitzel, Adam M., Sachkova, Maria Y., Macrander, Jason, Surm, Joachim M., Aharoni, Reuven, Menard-Harvey, Shelcie S., Klock, Amy, Leach, Whitney, Moran, Yehu
Subjects--Topical: Predation (Biology), Venom
Description: 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...

Title: Population genomic analyses of the sea urchin Echinometra sp. EZ across an extreme environmental gradient
Author: 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.
Subjects--Topical: Sea urchins, Extreme environments, Marine biology
Description: 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...

Title: Decoupling behavioral and transcriptional responses to color in an eyeless cnidarian
Author: Reitzel, Adam M., Leach, Whitney
Subjects--Topical: Gene expression, Circadian rhythms
Description: 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...

Title: Circadian behavior and gene expression in an estuarine cnidarian, Nematostella vectensis
Author: Leach, Whitney
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Ecology
Description: Animals respond to diurnal shifts in their environment with a combination of behavioral, physiological, and molecular changes to synchronize with regularly-timed external cues. The light:dark cycle is regarded as the most important entrainment cue...