Variation in hypoxia tolerance is driven by evolutionary changes in gene regulation in the eastern oyster
Katherine M. Eaton, Rujuta V. Vaidya, Jérôme F. La Peyre, Jennifer Beseres Pollack, Kyle A. Sirovy, Morgan W. Kelly
The paper investigates the genomic basis of hypoxia tolerance divergence between two eastern oyster populations, finding that gene regulation, not protein-coding evolution, drives population-specific differences.
bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2026 · PreprintGenomics