Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Jun 21, 2023

How deepest sea dwellers adapted to their environment https://phys.org/news/2023-06-scientists-reveal-deepest-sea-dwellers.html

Chromosome-level #genome assembly of #HadalSnailfish reveals mechanisms of #DeepSea adaptation in vertebrates https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/87198v1

"The complete absence of light in the #HadalZone appears to have had a profound effect on the #fish. The scientists observed a substantial loss of many #genes related to vision. In addition, many genes related to #CircadianRhythms were absent."

Scientists reveal how deepest sea dwellers adapted to their environment

A genetic analysis of the hadal snailfish, the deepest-dwelling known vertebrate species, has suggested a number of key adaptations that allow it to survive more than 6,000 meters under the sea.

Phys.org