Gene expression profiling of whole blood cells supports a more efficient mitochondrial respiration in hypoxiachallenged gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

摘要

[Background] Acclimation to abiotic challenges, including decreases in O2 availability, requires physiological and\udanatomical phenotyping to accommodate the organism to the environmental conditions. The retention of a nucleus\udand functional mitochondria in mature fish red blood cells makes blood a promising tissue to analyse the transcriptome\udand metabolic responses of hypoxia-challenged fish in an integrative and non-invasive manner.