Article
Ecological genomics in the Northern krill uncovers loci for local adaptation across ocean basins.
Nature communications - 1 Aug 2024
Unneberg Per, Larsson Mårten, Olsson Anna, Wallerman Ola, Petri Anna, Bunikis Ignas, Vinnere Pettersson Olga, Papetti Chiara, Gislason Astthor, Glenner Henrik, Cartes Joan E, Blanco-Bercial Leocadio, Eriksen Elena, Meyer Bettina, Wallberg Andreas
Abstract excerpt
Krill are vital as food for many marine animals but also impacted by global warming. To learn how they and other zooplankton may adapt to a warmer world we studied local adaptation in the widespread Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica). We assemble and characterize its large genome and compare genome-scale variation among 74 specimens from the colder Atlantic Ocean and warmer Mediterranean Sea. The 19 Gb...
Topics
- Animals
- Euphausiacea
- Atlantic Ocean
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Genomics
- Mediterranean Sea
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Genome
- Zooplankton
- Gene Flow
