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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2014

Gene expression changes in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi after 500 generations of selection to ocean acidification.

Kai T Lohbeck, Ulf Riebesell, Thorsten B H Reusch

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kai T LohbeckEvolutionary Ecology of Marine Fishes, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany Biological Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany klohbeck@geomar.de.
Ulf RiebesellBiological Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
Thorsten B H ReuschEvolutionary Ecology of Marine Fishes, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coccolithophores are unicellular marine algae that produce biogenic calcite scales and substantially contribute to marine primary production and carbon export to the deep ocean. Ongoing ocean acidification particularly impairs calcifying organisms, mostly resulting in decreased growth and calcification. Recent studies revealed that the immediate physiological response in the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi to ocean acidification may be partially compensated by evolutionary adaptation, yet the underlying molecular mechanisms are currently unknown. Here, we report on the expression levels of 10 candidate genes putatively relevant to pH regulation, carbon transport, calcification and photosynthesis in E. huxleyi populations short-term exposed to ocean acidification conditions after acclimation (physiological response) and after 500 generations of high CO2 adaptation (adaptive response). The physiological response revealed downregulation of candidate genes, well reflecting the concomitant decrease of growth and calcification. In the adaptive response, putative pH regulation and carbon transport genes were up-regulated, matching partial restoration of growth and calcification in high CO2-adapted populations. Adaptation to ocean acidification in E. huxleyi likely involved improved cellular pH regulation, presumably indirectly affecting calcification. Adaptive evolution may thus have the potential to partially restore cellular pH regulatory capacity and thereby mitigate adverse effects of ocean acidification.

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AcclimatizationEvolution, MolecularGene Expression Regulation, PlantCalcification, PhysiologicCarbonClimate ChangeHaptophytaHomeostasisHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationPhotosynthesisPhytoplanktonReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionCarbonadaptationcalcificationgene expressionocean acidificationphytoplankton

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PMID24827439
PMCPMC4046399
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