Article
Genome-wide scan reveals signatures of selection related to pollution adaptation in non-model estuarine Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus).
Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Jul 2018
Osterberg J S, Cammen K M, Schultz T F, Clark B W, Di Giulio R T
Abstract excerpt
In many human-altered ecosystems, organisms are increasingly faced with more diverse and complex environmental stressors and pollutant mixtures, to which the adaptations necessary to survive exposure are likely to be numerous and varied. Improving our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underlie complex polygenic adaptations in natural settings requires significant toxicological, biochemical,...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Creosote
- DNA
- Ecosystem
- Fundulidae
- Genome
- Heart
- Myocardium
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Rivers
- Sequence Analysis, DNA