Antarctic fishes: experiments of nature which demonstrate the fundamental importance of blood viscosity
Viscosity increases with decreased temperature. The author argues that loss of hemoglobin is a “disaptation” or evolutionary loss of function which confers a competitive advantage in Antarctic waters because of decreased blood viscosity. Because the likelihood of developing turbulent flow is inverse...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:4319243 2023-06-06T11:43:42+02:00 Antarctic fishes: experiments of nature which demonstrate the fundamental importance of blood viscosity Gregory Sloop 2020-12-12 https://zenodo.org/record/4319243 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4319243 unknown doi:10.5281/zenodo.4319242 https://zenodo.org/communities/bloodviscosityinterestgroup https://zenodo.org/record/4319243 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4319243 oai:zenodo.org:4319243 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode blood viscosity Antarctic fish. icefish. antifreeze glycoprotein notothenioids info:eu-repo/semantics/article publication-article 2020 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.431924310.5281/zenodo.4319242 2023-04-13T21:56:25Z Viscosity increases with decreased temperature. The author argues that loss of hemoglobin is a “disaptation” or evolutionary loss of function which confers a competitive advantage in Antarctic waters because of decreased blood viscosity. Because the likelihood of developing turbulent flow is inversely related to viscosity, a minimum degree of blood viscosity is necessary. Also, pathologically high shear caused by insufficient viscosity will activate or damage the formed elements of blood such as leukocytes and platelets. The necessary viscosity in icefish is provided by antifreeze glycoproteins. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Icefish Zenodo Antarctic |
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Viscosity increases with decreased temperature. The author argues that loss of hemoglobin is a “disaptation” or evolutionary loss of function which confers a competitive advantage in Antarctic waters because of decreased blood viscosity. Because the likelihood of developing turbulent flow is inversely related to viscosity, a minimum degree of blood viscosity is necessary. Also, pathologically high shear caused by insufficient viscosity will activate or damage the formed elements of blood such as leukocytes and platelets. The necessary viscosity in icefish is provided by antifreeze glycoproteins. |
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Antarctic fishes: experiments of nature which demonstrate the fundamental importance of blood viscosity |
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Antarctic fishes: experiments of nature which demonstrate the fundamental importance of blood viscosity |
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Antarctic fishes: experiments of nature which demonstrate the fundamental importance of blood viscosity |
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Antarctic fishes: experiments of nature which demonstrate the fundamental importance of blood viscosity |
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Antarctic fishes: experiments of nature which demonstrate the fundamental importance of blood viscosity |
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antarctic fishes: experiments of nature which demonstrate the fundamental importance of blood viscosity |
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