Bradford Dimos

This study identifies mitochondrial activity modulation as the mechanism enabling thermal adaptation in Chinook Salmon, showing they can maintain performance at higher temperatures.

The paper creates a homology guide for six Oncorhynchus salmon species to analyze duplicate retention and rediploidization patterns after a whole genome duplication event, finding retained duplicates are more adaptive.

This study shows that gene family complexity and expression divergence contribute to adaptation in Caribbean corals, with immune genes evolving rapidly due to interactions with other organisms.