Deep resilience: An evolutionary perspective on calcification in an age of ocean acidification
The success of today’s calcifying organisms in tomorrow’s oceans depends, in part, on the resilience of their skeletons to ocean acidification. To the extent this statement is true there is reason to have hope. Many marine calcifiers demonstrate resilience when exposed to environments that mimic nea...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:1db9acd5c2574dd998b122cfeee69482 2023-05-15T17:49:36+02:00 Deep resilience: An evolutionary perspective on calcification in an age of ocean acidification David A. Gold Geerat J. Vermeij 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1092321 https://doaj.org/article/1db9acd5c2574dd998b122cfeee69482 EN eng Frontiers Media S.A. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1092321/full https://doaj.org/toc/1664-042X 1664-042X doi:10.3389/fphys.2023.1092321 https://doaj.org/article/1db9acd5c2574dd998b122cfeee69482 Frontiers in Physiology, Vol 14 (2023) calcification evolution fossil record cliamte risk holobiome Physiology QP1-981 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1092321 2023-02-05T01:26:46Z The success of today’s calcifying organisms in tomorrow’s oceans depends, in part, on the resilience of their skeletons to ocean acidification. To the extent this statement is true there is reason to have hope. Many marine calcifiers demonstrate resilience when exposed to environments that mimic near-term ocean acidification. The fossil record similarly suggests that resilience in skeletons has increased dramatically over geologic time. This “deep resilience” is seen in the long-term stability of skeletal chemistry, as well as a decreasing correlation between skeletal mineralogy and extinction risk over time. Such resilience over geologic timescales is often attributed to genetic canalization—the hardening of genetic pathways due to the evolution of increasingly complex regulatory systems. But paradoxically, our current knowledge on biomineralization genetics suggests an opposing trend, where genes are co-opted and shuffled at an evolutionarily rapid pace. In this paper we consider two possible mechanisms driving deep resilience in skeletons that fall outside of genetic canalization: microbial co-regulation and macroevolutionary trends in skeleton structure. The mechanisms driving deep resilience should be considered when creating risk assessments for marine organisms facing ocean acidification and provide a wealth of research avenues to explore. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Frontiers in Physiology 14 |
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The success of today’s calcifying organisms in tomorrow’s oceans depends, in part, on the resilience of their skeletons to ocean acidification. To the extent this statement is true there is reason to have hope. Many marine calcifiers demonstrate resilience when exposed to environments that mimic near-term ocean acidification. The fossil record similarly suggests that resilience in skeletons has increased dramatically over geologic time. This “deep resilience” is seen in the long-term stability of skeletal chemistry, as well as a decreasing correlation between skeletal mineralogy and extinction risk over time. Such resilience over geologic timescales is often attributed to genetic canalization—the hardening of genetic pathways due to the evolution of increasingly complex regulatory systems. But paradoxically, our current knowledge on biomineralization genetics suggests an opposing trend, where genes are co-opted and shuffled at an evolutionarily rapid pace. In this paper we consider two possible mechanisms driving deep resilience in skeletons that fall outside of genetic canalization: microbial co-regulation and macroevolutionary trends in skeleton structure. The mechanisms driving deep resilience should be considered when creating risk assessments for marine organisms facing ocean acidification and provide a wealth of research avenues to explore. |
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Deep resilience: An evolutionary perspective on calcification in an age of ocean acidification |
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Deep resilience: An evolutionary perspective on calcification in an age of ocean acidification |
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