Life Under Pressure: Dissection of Cross-Phyla Metazoan Responses to Extreme Hydrostatic Pressure Reveals Pressure-Protective Heat Shock Acclimation
Mark E. Corkins, Anvita Bhattad, Tianyuan Hao, Nathaniel Williams, Mitchell P. Ford, Sean P. Colin, John H. Costello, Lance A. Davidson
This study examines how shallow-dwelling Xenopus laevis embryos respond to high hydrostatic pressure and identifies heat shock pathway activation as a conserved protective mechanism across phyla.
bioRxiv · Jul 17, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology