Adaptations of the hemoglobinless Antarctic icefish (Channichthyidae) to hypoxia tolerance

peer reviewed Antarctic fish of the family Channichthyidae, or icefish, represent a unique model for the study of physiological and biochemical responses to chronic hypoxia since the genes coding for hemoglobin and possible myoglobin are not expressed by these teleosts. Channichthyidae have develope...

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Published in:Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology
Main Authors: Feller, Georges, Gerday, Charles
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science 1997
Subjects:
icefish
Channichthyidae
Notothenioidea
Antarctic
fish physiology
blood
heart metabolism
cardiac bioenergetics
FISH CHAENOCEPHALUS-ACERATUS
RESPIRATORY CHARACTERISTICS
CARDIAC-OUTPUT
MUSCLE-FIBERS
HEART
RHINOCERATUS
MYOGLOBIN
LONNBERG
ULTRASTRUCTURE
TEMPERATURE
Life sciences
Biochemistry
biophysics & molecular biology
Sciences du vivant
Biochimie
biophysique & biologie moléculaire
Antarc*
Icefish
Online Access:https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/17276
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0300-9629(97)86786-2
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Summary:peer reviewed Antarctic fish of the family Channichthyidae, or icefish, represent a unique model for the study of physiological and biochemical responses to chronic hypoxia since the genes coding for hemoglobin and possible myoglobin are not expressed by these teleosts. Channichthyidae have developed outstanding cardio-vascular adaptations to accommodate the lack of these hemic pigments, most of them involving the myocardium. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Inc.

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