Thermal cues drive plasticity of desiccation resistance in montane salamanders with implications for climate change

Thermal cues drive plasticity of desiccation resistance in montane salamanders with implications for climate change

Climate change will threaten plants and animals across the planet by increasing the risk of desiccation. Here, authors demonstrate that salamanders regulate water loss using temperature-sensitive gene expression related to blood vessel regeneration and skin lipids.

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Main Authors: Eric A. Riddell, Emma Y. Roback, Christina E. Wells, Kelly R. Zamudio, Michael W. Sears
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11990-4
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spelling doaj-dcac797ba6c64782ab09999c18f9087e2021-05-11T11:48:00ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-09-0110111210.1038/s41467-019-11990-4Thermal cues drive plasticity of desiccation resistance in montane salamanders with implications for climate changeEric A. Riddell0Emma Y. Roback1Christina E. Wells2Kelly R. Zamudio3Michael W. Sears4Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson UniversityDepartment of Biological Sciences, Clemson UniversityDepartment of Biological Sciences, Clemson UniversityDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell UniversityDepartment of Biological Sciences, Clemson UniversityClimate change will threaten plants and animals across the planet by increasing the risk of desiccation. Here, authors demonstrate that salamanders regulate water loss using temperature-sensitive gene expression related to blood vessel regeneration and skin lipids.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11990-4
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Kelly R. Zamudio
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Thermal cues drive plasticity of desiccation resistance in montane salamanders with implications for climate change
Nature Communications
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title Thermal cues drive plasticity of desiccation resistance in montane salamanders with implications for climate change
title_short Thermal cues drive plasticity of desiccation resistance in montane salamanders with implications for climate change
title_full Thermal cues drive plasticity of desiccation resistance in montane salamanders with implications for climate change
title_fullStr Thermal cues drive plasticity of desiccation resistance in montane salamanders with implications for climate change
title_full_unstemmed Thermal cues drive plasticity of desiccation resistance in montane salamanders with implications for climate change
title_sort thermal cues drive plasticity of desiccation resistance in montane salamanders with implications for climate change
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
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publishDate 2019-09-01
description Climate change will threaten plants and animals across the planet by increasing the risk of desiccation. Here, authors demonstrate that salamanders regulate water loss using temperature-sensitive gene expression related to blood vessel regeneration and skin lipids.
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