Ontogeny of Carbon Monoxide-Related Gene Expression in a Deep-Diving Marine Mammal

• Published in: Frontiers in Physiology
• Main Authors: Piotrowski, Elizabeth R., Tift, Michael S., Crocker, Daniel E., Pearson, Anna B., Vázquez-Medina, José P., Keith, Anna D., Khudyakov, Jane I.
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2021
• Subjects: Physiology (medical); Physiology; Nes; Nes’; Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.762102; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.762102/full

Marine mammals such as northern elephant seals (NES) routinely experience hypoxemia and ischemia-reperfusion events to many tissues during deep dives with no apparent adverse effects. Adaptations to diving include increased antioxidants and elevated oxygen storage capacity associated with high hemop...