Ecological genomics: steps towards unraveling the genetic basis of inducible defenses in Daphnia

Little is known about the genetic mechanisms underlying inducible defenses. Recently, the genome of Daphnia pulex, a model organism for defense studies, has been sequenced. Building on the genome information, recent preliminary studies in BMC Developmental Biology and BMC Molecular Biology have asse...

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Autores principales: Tollrian, Ralph, Leese, Florian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2867779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20529235
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-51
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Sumario:Little is known about the genetic mechanisms underlying inducible defenses. Recently, the genome of Daphnia pulex, a model organism for defense studies, has been sequenced. Building on the genome information, recent preliminary studies in BMC Developmental Biology and BMC Molecular Biology have assessed gene response profiles in Daphnia under predation pressure. We review the significance of the findings and highlight future research perspectives. See research articles http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/527, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/6/45, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/10/45

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