A Transcriptomic Analysis of Cave, Surface, and Hybrid Isopod Crustaceans of the Species Asellus aquaticus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Cave animals, compared to surface-dwelling relatives, tend to have reduced eyes and pigment, longer appendages, and enhanced mechanosensory structures. Pressing questions include how certain cave-related traits are gained and lost, and if they originate ...
Bethany A Stahl +6 more
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Habitat Complexity Reduces the Feeding Strength of Freshwater Predators [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe physical structure of an environment potentially influences feeding interactions among organisms, for instance, by providing refuge for prey. We examined how habitat complexity affects the functional feeding response of an ambush predator (damselfly ...
Mireia Aranbarri +5 more
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Parallel morphological evolution and habitat‐dependent sexual dimorphism in cave‐ vs. surface populations of the Asellus aquaticus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae) species complex [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Studying parallel evolution (repeated, independent evolution of similar phenotypes in similar environments) is a powerful tool to understand environment‐dependent selective forces.
Gergely Balázs +4 more
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The genome sequence of the pond louse, Asellus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from a specimen of Asellus aquaticus (pond louse; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Isopoda; Asellidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1,977.80 megabases.
Jessica Thomas
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Is foraging innovation lost following colonization of a less variable environment? A case study in surface‐ vs. cave‐dwelling Asellus aquaticus [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Behavioral innovation is a key process for successful colonization of new habitat types. However, it is costly due to the necessary cognitive and neural demands and typically connected to ecological generalism.
Gábor Herczeg +5 more
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Effects of anthropogenic stress on hosts and their microbiomes: Treated wastewater alters performance and gut microbiome of a key detritivore (Asellus aquaticus) [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, 2023 Human activity is a major driver of ecological and evolutionary change in wild populations and can have diverse effects on eukaryotic organisms as well as on environmental and host‐associated microbial communities.
Elvira Lafuente +6 more
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Removal of dead fish eggs by Asellus aquaticus as a potential biological control in aquaculture [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe objective of the present experimental study was to gain a better understanding of the foraging activity of Asellus aquaticus during fish egg incubation. A.
Balázs Kucska +9 more
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Comparative study of acetylcholinesterase and glutathione S-transferase activities of closely related cave and surface Asellus aquaticus (Isopoda: Crustacea). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The freshwater isopod crustacean Asellus aquaticus has recently been developed as an emerging invertebrate cave model for studying evolutionary and developmental biology. Mostly morphological and genetic differences between cave and surface A.
Anita Jemec +4 more
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Chronic radiation exposure at Chernobyl shows no effect on genetic diversity in the freshwater crustacean, Asellus aquaticus thirty years on [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Analysis of genetic diversity represents a fundamental component of ecological risk assessments in contaminated environments. Many studies have assessed the genetic implications of chronic radiation exposure at Chernobyl, generally recording an elevated ...
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Transcriptomic analysis of cave, surface, and hybrid samples of the isopod Asellus aquaticus and identification of chromosomal location of candidate genes for cave phenotype evolution [PDF]
EvoDevo, 2023 Background Transcriptomic methods can be used to elucidate genes and pathways responsible for phenotypic differences between populations. Asellus aquaticus is a freshwater isopod crustacean with surface- and cave-dwelling ecomorphs that differ greatly in
Haeli J. Lomheim +6 more
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