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.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: Physiology; Nes; Nes’; Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8567018/; https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.762102

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...