Heat shock response of the blue crab Portunus pelagicus: thermal stress and acclimation

Thermal environment is an important leading to genetic divergence of population[1], due to the important role of temperature on a biochemical and physiological process[2]. Temperature stress may eventually reduce the organism’s competition and reproduction abilities[3]. Environmental stress that threaten the functional integrity of an organism result in the expression of a set of genes the protein products of which serve to protect the organism from PEER REVIEW ABSTRACT