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Improved ROS defense in the swimbladder of a facultative air-breathing erythrinid fish, jeju, compared to a non-air-breathing close relative, traira

The jeju Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus and the traira Hoplias malabaricus are two closely related erythrinid fish, both possessing a two-chambered physostomous swimbladder. In the jeju the anterior section of the posterior bladder is highly vascularized and the swimbladder is used for aerial respirati...

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Autores principales: Pelster, Bernd, Giacomin, Marina, Wood, Chris M., Val, Adalberto L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4908192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27048554
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-016-0981-5