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Environmental Sciences
Marco Antonio Lardies, Paz Caballero, Cristian Duarte, Maria Josefina Poupin
Summary: The study revealed that the responses to ocean acidification are species-specific, with one species (S. viridula) showing better performance under acidification conditions compared to another species (S. zebrina). Additionally, the results indicate that habitat factor significantly influences certain traits, with organisms from variable environments displaying higher plasticity to buffer the physiological effects of ocean acidification. These findings emphasize the importance of geographic variation in phenotypic plasticity in determining the vulnerability of calcifying organisms to future scenarios of ocean acidification.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2021)
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Biology
Yong-Xu Sun, Li-Sha Hu, Yun-Wei Dong
Summary: For species inhabiting warming and variable thermal environment, understanding the role of phenotypic plasticity in buffering high temperatures is crucial. This study examined the thermal tolerance of intertidal limpets in different microhabitats and found that environmental temperature was an important driver of phenotypic plasticity.
JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
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Ecology
Bernardo R. Broitman, Nelson A. Lagos, Tania Opitz, Daniela Figueroa, Karin Maldonado, Natalia Ricote, Marco A. Lardies
Summary: Our understanding of the plastic and evolutionary potential of ectothermic organisms and their populational impacts in the face of rapid global change remains limited. Studies attempting on the relationship between the magnitude of thermal variability across latitude and the degree of phenotypic plasticity exhibited by marine ectotherms are inconclusive, with temperature variability being a more significant factor in population thermal tolerance.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Hanna Sjulgard, Daniel Iseskog, Norbert Kirchgessner, A. Glyn Bengough, Thomas Keller, Tino Colombi
Summary: The study revealed that pea roots exhibit reversible responses to short-term soil physical stress, while wheat roots show irreversible responses, indicating different root phenotypic plasticity between the two species. This suggests that strategies to cope with periodic soil physical stress may vary among species.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yue Sun, Xue Zhang, Shengnan Wang, Xuefeng Wu, Yingkui Wang, Xiaofei Wang, Jiahao Li, Zidong Liang, Ting Luo, Yiyang Yu, Ying Wu, Shuai Zhao, Lei Gong, Bao Liu, Deli Wang
Summary: Phenotypic plasticity is a crucial adaptation strategy for plants, and Leymus chinensis displays high plasticity by expressing specific transcriptome profiles in response to different soil conditions. This study provides insights into the molecular mechanism underlying the environmental adaptation of L. chinensis.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2022)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Tim Burton, Irja Ida Ratikainen, Sigurd Einum
Summary: This article examines the rate at which reversible phenotypic plasticity (RPP) occurs and its potential impact on how organisms overcome environmental challenges. The study suggests that current theoretical models do not consider the evolutionary potential of RPP rates. If the rate of plasticity itself can evolve, it may alter the organism's perception of environmental predictability and influence the slope of the evolved reaction norm. The optimization of phenotypic plasticity rates, their evolutionary dynamics in different environments, and the costs associated with them warrant further exploration in future research.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
David Cannon, Kelly Kibler, Linda Walters, Lisa Chambers
Summary: This study focuses on the short-term and long-term effects of oyster reef restoration on ecosystem services, showing that restored reefs exhibited similar biological and hydrodynamic characteristics as intact reefs within one year, mainly attributed to oyster recruitment and canopy growth.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yu-Xin Zhang, Yu-Qian Niu, Xin-Feng Wang, Zhen-Hui Wang, Meng-Li Wang, Ji Yang, Yu-Guo Wang, Wen-Ju Zhang, Zhi-Ping Song, Lin-Feng Li
Summary: This study investigates the phenotypic and molecular responses of shade-grown plants under different light conditions. The results show that ginseng plants exhibit higher photosynthetic efficiency under shade and deep-shade conditions compared to Arabidopsis. The differential transcriptional regulation and increased copy number of photosynthesis-related genes may contribute to the improved photosynthetic efficiency of ginseng plants, while the inactivation of certain genes is potentially associated with the observed low degree of phenotypic plasticity in ginseng plants.
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Ecology
Giacomo Puglielli, Carlos P. Carmona, Laura Varone, Lauri Laanisto, Carlo Ricotta
Summary: In trait-based ecology, it is common to use measures to quantify phenotypic variation between populations. However, these measures overlook the within-population trait variability and some of them cannot be partitioned between populations. This study proposes a new measure called the phenotypic dissimilarity (PhD) index to address these issues and provide a tool for quantifying phenotypic variation within and between species.
Article
Agronomy
Petros Vahamidis, Angeliki Stefopoulou, Vassilis Kotoulas, Panagiota Bresta, Dimosthenis Nikolopoulos, George Karabourniotis, Georgios Mantonanakis, Christos Vlachos, Nicholas Dercas, Garifalia Economou
Summary: In Mediterranean type environments, the variability in grain plumpness is a significant source of uncertainty for brewers and farmers. Understanding the effects of genotype x environment interaction on grain size and yield variation can help breeders improve stability and grain size.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2022)
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Immunology
Yuzhe Hu, Chen Liu, Wenling Han, Pingzhang Wang
Summary: This study proposes a theoretical framework for immune cell phenotypic classification based on gene plasticity, and suggests that loss and gain of phenotype are accompanied by changes in gene plasticity. Transcriptome data analysis from multiple immune cell types supports the logical rationality and generality of this framework, providing a new perspective on understanding diverse immune cell phenotypes and intrinsic regulation in the immune system. Moreover, the results obtained provide a useful resource for big-data-driven experimental studies and knowledge discoveries.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
XiaoTing Zheng, Kirstie J. Salinas, Dario X. Figueroa Velez, Taylor Nakayama, Xiaoxiao Lin, Dhruba Banerjee, Xiangmin Xu, Sunil P. Gandhi
Summary: Transplanted embryonic interneurons reactivate cortical plasticity via Neuregulin/ErbB4 signaling in host parvalbumin interneurons.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Erik D. Enbody, Mats E. Pettersson, C. Grace Sprehn, Stefan Palm, Hakan Wickstrom, Leif Andersson
Summary: Research shows that European eels belong to a single panmictic population with no geographical genetic differentiation. The predominant mechanism for European eels to respond to diverse environmental conditions is phenotypic plasticity rather than genetic adaptation.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Silvia Matesanz, Mario Blanco-Sanchez, Marina Ramos-Munoz, Marcelino de la Cruz, Raquel Benavides, Adrian Escudero
Summary: The study investigates the relationship between phenotypic plasticity and integration, finding that while plasticity is positively associated with integration in both environments, this relationship is influenced by phenotypic variation. Differences in plastic responses may involve a major reorganization of trait relationships, challenging the idea that stress generally induces a tighter phenotype.
Article
Plant Sciences
Megan Reavis, Larry C. Purcell, Andy Pereira, Kusum Naithani
Summary: The study compared sequential and non-sequential methods in controlled, semi-controlled, and field environments to quantify phenotypic differences across different rice genotypes. The results showed that non-sequential method was more time-efficient and captured more variability of field conditions, with generally similar model parameters between the two methods except for the maximum photosynthesis rate (A(max).
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Ecology
C. Bertolini, J. J. Capelle, K. Timmerman, T. J. Bourna, J. van de Koppel, G. C. H. Derksen
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Jacob J. Capelle, Lennet Leuchter, Maurice de Wit, Eva Hartog, Tjeerd J. Bouma
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Fisheries
Jacob J. Capelle, Eva Hartog, Jorik Creemers, Jouke Heringa, Pauline Kamermans
AQUACULTURE INTERNATIONAL
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Camilla Bertolini, Brenda Cornelissen, Jacob Capelle, Johan van de Koppel, Tjeerd J. Bouma
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Camilla Bertolini, Kasper Hlebowicz, Flavia Schlichta, Jacob J. Capelle, Johan van de Koppel, Tjeerd. J. Bouma
MARINE ECOLOGY-AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Jildou Schotanus, Jacob J. Capelle, Edwin Paree, Gregory S. Fivash, Johan van de Koppel, Tjeerd J. Bouma
RESTORATION ECOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jildou Schotanus, Brenda Walles, Jacob J. Capelle, Jim Belzen, Johan Koppel, Tjeerd J. Bouma
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Fisheries
Lamprakis Avdelas, Edo Avdic-Mravlje, Ana Cristina Borges Marques, Suzana Cano, Jacob J. Capelle, Natacha Carvalho, Maria Cozzolino, John Dennis, Tim Ellis, Jose M. Fernandez Polanco, Jordi Guillen, Tobias Lasner, Veronique Le Bihan, Ignacio Llorente, Arie Mol, Simona Nicheva, Rasmus Nielsen, Hans van Oostenbrugge, Sebastian Villasante, Svjetlana Visnic, Kolyo Zhelev, Frank Asche
Summary: Aquaculture production of mussels in the European Union has been decreasing over the last two decades, with a 20% drop in production volume by 2016. Diseases, lack of mussel seed, and low profitability are identified as the main causes of this decrease. The study explores how economic and environmental factors have influenced the mussel production industry.
REVIEWS IN AQUACULTURE
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Jacob J. Capelle, Ainhoa Blanco Garcia, Pauline Kamermans, Marc Y. Engelsma, Henrice M. Jansen
Summary: Two mass mortality events of marine mussels occurred in the Oosterschelde, the Netherlands, in 2015/2016 and 2019, significantly impacting mussel production. The distinct course of events led to severe mussel losses, but no single definitive cause could be identified, highlighting the need for further research to understand these mortality events.
AQUACULTURE INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Jacob J. Capelle, Eva Hartog, Lisanne van den Bogaart, Henrice M. Jansen, Jeroen W. M. Wijsman
Summary: Transplantation of bivalves to environments with different seston concentrations can lead to changes in the gill-to-palp ratio, affecting the filtering efficiency and growth conditions of the shellfish. However, the physiological plasticity of mussels allows them to adapt quickly to new feeding conditions, suggesting that observed lower yields may be more related to survival factors than feeding adaptations.
Article
Fisheries
C. Bertolini, J. J. Capelle, J. W. D. ter Veld, J. van de Koppel, T. J. Bouma