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Molecular Characterisation of Colour Formation in the Prawn Fenneropenaeus merguiensis

INTRODUCTION: Body colouration in animals can have a range of functions, with predator protection an important aspect of colour in crustaceans. Colour determination is associated with the carotenoid astaxanthin, which is taken up through the diet and stabilised in the tissues by the protein crustacy...

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Autores principales: Ertl, Nicole G., Elizur, Abigail, Brooks, Peter, Kuballa, Anna V., Anderson, Trevor A., Knibb, Wayne R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23441225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056920