ReviewThe Journal of experimental biology2020
Mitochondria and the thermal limits of ectotherms.
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- Mitochondrial Protein-Coding Gene Expression in the LizardAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Directional selection, not the direction of selection, affects telomere length and copy number at ribosomal RNA loci.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Conservation Mitonuclear Replacement: Facilitated mitochondrial adaptation for a changing world.Evolutionary applications · 2024Article
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Abstract
Temperature is a critical abiotic factor shaping the distribution and abundance of species, but the mechanisms that underpin organismal thermal limits remain poorly understood. One possible mechanism underlying these limits is the failure of mitochondrial processes, as mitochondria play a crucial role in animals as the primary site of ATP production. Conventional measures of mitochondrial performance suggest that these organelles can function at temperatures much higher than those that limit whole-organism function, suggesting that they are unlikely to set organismal thermal limits. However, this conclusion is challenged by recent data connecting sequence variation in mitochondrial genes to whole-organism thermal tolerance. Here, we review the current state of knowledge of mitochondrial responses to thermal extremes and ask whether they are consistent with a role for mitochondrial function in shaping whole-organism thermal limits. The available data are fragmentary, but it is possible to draw some conclusions. There is little evidence that failure of maximal mitochondrial oxidative capacity as assessed
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