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The genetic basis of salinity tolerance traits in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus).
BMC genetics - 21 Sept 2011
Norman Joseph D, Danzmann Roy G, Glebe Brian, Ferguson Moira M
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BACKGROUND: The capacity to maintain internal ion homeostasis amidst changing conditions is particularly important for teleost fishes whose reproductive cycle is dependent upon movement from freshwater to seawater. Although the physiology of seawater osmoregulation in mitochondria-rich cells of fish gill epithelium is well understood, less is known about the underlying causes of inter- and intraspecific variation...
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