Helen C. Hong

Cell-cycle genes in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis are cued by aerial heat stress in a fluctuating tidal environment.

Mytilus galloprovincialis is a sessile, facultative anaerobic mussel inhabiting intertidal zones, where it experiences daily fluctuations in oxygen, temperature, and food availability. These environmental fluctuations require coordinated shifts in metabolism and cellular processes such as the cell cycle. As growth in m...