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Copy number variation of a protease gene of Daphnia: Its role in population tolerance.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology - 1 Feb 2017
Schwarzenberger Anke, Keith Nathan R, Jackson Craig E, Von Elert Eric
Abstract excerpt
Copy number variation (CNV) of genes coding for certain enzymes has been shown to be responsible for adaptation of arthropods to anthropogenic toxins. Natural toxins produced by cyanobacteria in freshwater ecosystems, that is, protease inhibitors (PIs), have been demonstrated to increase in frequency over the last decades due to eutrophication and global warming. These PIs inhibit digestive proteases of Daphnia,...
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