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Being capable to adapt to local environmental conditions suggests a degree of evolutionary response to certain environmental changes. One intriguing evolutionary response of the stoneflies is through the oxygen changes. Some species showed sensitives responses to dissolved oxygen, while others showed a strong adaptation to low oxygen concentrations. Through a DAAD project in collaboration with Leibniz Institute in Berlin, we explored gene-expression codding genes by RNA-seq. We discovered gene expression changes linked with oxygen changes, and a new type of oxygen-related gene was identified, offering a direct link of how environmental factors plays a role in sharping the expression of some genes. Additionally, in collaboration with Montana University, we explored how these oxygen-related genes played a role on stoneflies species of floodplains alluvial aquifers.
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Publications
Gamboa M, Tellier F, Silva D, Millan C, Hernandez-Medina E. 2026. Genomic resilience to sequential environmental perturbations in two sympatric coastal fish species. Marine Environmental Research. 216: 107893.
Saito R, Gamboa M. et al. 2025. Salinity tolerance in resting cysts of colpodid ciliates: Comparative transcriptomics analysis and chemical analysis of cyst walls to investigate their tolerance capability. Current research in Microbial Science. 8, 100371.
Gamboa M, Gotoh Y, Dolorias A, Watanabe K. 2024. Parallel gene expression changes of seven stonefly species in responses to a latitudinal-environmental gradient in Japan. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 116: e22137.
Gamboa M. 2020. Hemocyanin and Hexamerin expression in response to hypoxia in stoneflies (Plecoptera: Insecta). Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 105(3): e21743.
Malison RL, Jacobson HN, DelVecchia AG, Hand BK, Gamboa M, Ellis BK, Luikart G, Stanford JA. 2020. Aquifer stoneflies (Plecoptera) are tolerant of anoxia and hypoxia compared to benthic species. Ecology, 101(10): e03127.
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