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Diversity, evolution, and function of myriapod hemocyanins.
BMC evolutionary biology - 5 Jul 2018
Scherbaum Samantha, Hellmann Nadja, Fernández Rosa, Pick Christian, Burmester Thorsten
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BACKGROUND: Hemocyanin transports O2 in the hemolymph of many arthropod species. Such respiratory proteins have long been considered unnecessary in Myriapoda. As a result, the presence of hemocyanin in Myriapoda has long been overlooked. We analyzed transcriptome and genome sequences from all major myriapod taxa - Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla, and Pauropoda - with the aim of identifying hemocyanin-like...
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