Article
One organ, two engines: Divergent mitochondrial phenotypes in anterior and posterior crab gills.
Mitochondrion - 1 Nov 2026
Rivera-Ingraham Georgina A, Familiar-López Mariel, Renshaw Gillian M C
Abstract excerpt
Gills are multifunctional organs that integrate respiration with homeostasis, including energy demanding processes such as osmoregulation and excretion. In osmoregulating decapod crustaceans, two spatially segregated gill types differ in function, ultrastructure and membrane composition, as well as in their responses to environmental change. Yet mitochondrial function in crab gills remains poorly characterized....
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- Animals
- Gills
- Mitochondria
- Brachyura
- Osmoregulation
- Phenotype
- Adenosine Triphosphate
