Oxygen transport in extreme environments

Evolution has adopted different strategies to solve the problem of transporting oxygen to respiring tissues, according to needs dictated by the environment. A thermodynamic analysis of haemoglobins of organisms living in extreme polar environments (mammals and fish) provides elegant examples of such...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: di Prisco, G, Tamburrini, M, Giardina, B., CONDO', SAVERIO GIOVANNI
Other Authors: Condo', Sg, Giardina, B
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1991
Subjects:
Oxygen
Animal
Oxyhemoglobin
Mammal
Body Temperature
Biological Evolution
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Adaptation
Physiological
Biological Transport
Active
Arctic Regions
Settore BIO/10 - BIOCHIMICA
Arctic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2108/54784
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Summary:Evolution has adopted different strategies to solve the problem of transporting oxygen to respiring tissues, according to needs dictated by the environment. A thermodynamic analysis of haemoglobins of organisms living in extreme polar environments (mammals and fish) provides elegant examples of such adaptations.

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