Physiological and biochemical adaptations

The paper validates the use of a Clark electrode as a respirometer for measuring oxygen consumption in ants, revealing discontinuous respiration patterns in queens and workers.

The paper compares the transcriptomic heat stress responses of desert and temperate ants to identify convergent and specific adaptations to thermal stress.

The paper shows that developmental warming alters transcriptomic network organisation in fishes, with lasting effects on gene interaction entropy and future temperature responsiveness.

This study shows triploid Pacific oysters have higher mortality and stress response dysregulation than diploids during marine heatwaves.

The paper shows that higher temperatures reduce transcriptional plasticity in lake sturgeon populations, with southern populations showing greater plasticity than northern ones.

This paper shows heat stress in zebrafish embryos leads to stress metabolite release, which induces stress responses in naive receivers through distinct molecular pathways.

This study identifies Ndrg1a as a molecular switch that facilitates hypoxia adaptation by promoting NKA degradation, preserving ATP in kidney and ionocytes of zebrafish embryos.

This study compares dormancy mechanisms in two tunicate species, identifying molecular and ecological similarities in their dormant structures and regeneration processes.

This study identifies differential regulation of degradation and immune pathways in the nematode Laxus oneistus under anoxic and hypoxic conditions.

This study examines the developmental timing of Drosophila pachea pupae across different temperatures, finding that pupal development duration remains similar despite temperature changes.

This study examines seasonal liver molecular changes in grey mouse lemurs during winter, revealing metabolic adaptations without pathological insulin signaling issues.

This study identifies QTLs affecting body size and plasticity in C. elegans across different temperatures and developmental stages.

The paper measures standard metabolic rate in Atlantic salmon juveniles with different vgll3 genotypes and finds no significant association between genotype and metabolic rate.

The paper examines molecular changes in Arabian pupfish during salinity acclimation, identifying both transient and long-term gene expression responses in different populations.

The paper investigates transgressive thermal tolerance in hybrids of California tiger salamanders and barred tiger salamanders, finding that allele-specific expression correlates with improved thermal tolerance.

The paper identifies genetic variants associated with diapause in Drosophila melanogaster, showing spatial and temporal variation in their evolutionary patterns.

This study identifies osmoregulatory proteins in threespine stickleback gills by isolating salinity effects through mesocosm experiments and proteomic analysis.

This study shows that adult zebrafish increase gill volume and structural complexity after endurance training to enhance oxygen uptake.

This study investigates how the Antarctic sponge Isodictya sp. responds to acute heat stress by exposing it to 3 and 5°C, finding limited molecular response variation despite temperature increases.

The paper measures transcriptional resilience to heat stress in C. elegans and finds it predicts long-term thermotolerance.

The paper develops a micro-droplet assay to study thermal tolerance in C. elegans, finding that genetic and developmental factors shape behavioral responses to temperature.

The paper shows that genetic variation in metabolic strategies during Drosophila development can be buffered by physiological compensation, leading to similar organismal outcomes despite differences in metabolic pathways.

The paper introduces a mathematical model to correct cold-trapping biases in Drosophila temperature preference studies using temperature gradients.

The paper identifies gene expression biomarkers in Chinook salmon that respond to salinity and temperature changes but not dissolved oxygen, under multi-stressor conditions.

This study examines how temperature affects heart and pyloric rhythms in the crab Cancer borealis, finding that heart rhythms are more robust to high temperatures than pyloric rhythms.

The paper tests whether arthropod development follows isochronal, equiproportional, or variable proportional development, finding most species have variable proportional development, but equiproportional development still provides reasonable predictions.

This study investigates how cold acclimation in Trogoderma granarium larvae affects cold tolerance through changes in enzyme activity, energy content, and ion concentration.