Article
Comparative ecological transcriptomics and the contribution of gene expression to the evolutionary potential of a threatened fish.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2017
Brauer Chris J, Unmack Peter J, Beheregaray Luciano B
Abstract excerpt
Understanding whether small populations with low genetic diversity can respond to rapid environmental change via phenotypic plasticity is an outstanding research question in biology. RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) has recently provided the opportunity to examine variation in gene expression, a surrogate for phenotypic variation, in nonmodel species. We used a comparative RNA-seq approach to assess expression variation...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Australia
- Ecosystem
- Endangered Species
- Evolution, Molecular
- Fishes
- Gene Expression
- Genetic Variation
- Phylogeny
- Population Density