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dominant expression of only the "major" hemoglobin genes, with only
one component found in several Bathydraconids and in the
Artedidraconids, and loss of hemoglobin expression in the
Channichthyids [10].
Acknowledgments
This study is in the framework of the Italian National Programme for Antarctic
Research and has been supported by the European Science Foundation
Network "Fishes of the Antarctic Ocean".
References
1. Riggs A (1970) Properties offish hemoglobins. In: Hoar WS, Randall DJ
(eds) Fish physiology, Vol IV, Academic Press, New York, pp 209-252
2. Starn WT, Beintema JJ, D'Avino R, Tamburrini M, di Prisco G (1997)
Molecular evolution of hemoglobins of Antarctic fishes (Notothenioidae).
J Mol EvoI45:437-445
3. Nelson JS (1994) Fishes of the world. 3rd edition. John Wiley, New
York. 600pp
4. Swofford DL (1993) PAUP (phylogenetic analysis using parsimony),
version 3.1.1. User's manual by Swofford DL, Begle DP, Laboratory of
Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, 257 pp
5. Felsenstein J (1989) PHYLIP - phylogeny inference package (version
3.2). Cladistics 5: 164-166
6. Tamburrini M, D'Avino R, Fago A, Carratore V, Kunzmann A, di Prisco
G (1996) The unique hemoglobin system of Pleuragramma antaretieum,
an Antarctic migrating teleost. Structure and function of the three
components. J BioI Chern 271:23780-23785
7. Balushkin AV (1992) Classification, phylogenetic relationships, and
origins of the family suborder Notothenioidei (Perciformes). J Ichthyol
30:132-147
8. Pisano E, Ozouf-Costaz C, Hureau J-C, Williams R (1995) Chromosome
differentiation in the subAntarctic Bovichtidae species Cotto perea gobio
(Gunther, 1861) and Pseudaphritis urvillii (Valenciennes, 1832) (Pisces,
Perciformes). Antarct Sci 7:381-386
9. Ritchie PA, Lavoue S, Lecointre G (1997) Molecular phylogenetics and
the evolution of Antarctic notothenioid fishes. Comp Biochem Physiol
118A:1009-1026
10. di Prisco G, Tamburrini M, D'Avino R (1997) Oxygen-transport systems
in extreme environments: multiplicity and structure/function relationship
in hemoglobins of Antarctic fish. In: Portner HO, Playe R (eds) Cold
ocean physiology. Soc Exptl BioI Seminar Series 66. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge
359
dominant expression of only the "major" hemoglobin genes, with only
one component found in several Bathydraconids and in the
Artedidraconids, and loss of hemoglobin expression in the
Channichthyids [10].
Acknowledgments
This study is in the framework of the Italian National Programme for Antarctic
Research and has been supported by the European Science Foundation
Network "Fishes of the Antarctic Ocean".
References
1. Riggs A (1970) Properties offish hemoglobins. In: Hoar WS, Randall DJ
(eds) Fish physiology, Vol IV, Academic Press, New York, pp 209-252
2. Starn WT, Beintema JJ, D'Avino R, Tamburrini M, di Prisco G (1997)
Molecular evolution of hemoglobins of Antarctic fishes (Notothenioidae).
J Mol EvoI45:437-445
3. Nelson JS (1994) Fishes of the world. 3rd edition. John Wiley, New
York. 600pp
4. Swofford DL (1993) PAUP (phylogenetic analysis using parsimony),
version 3.1.1. User's manual by Swofford DL, Begle DP, Laboratory of
Molecular Systematics, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, 257 pp
5. Felsenstein J (1989) PHYLIP - phylogeny inference package (version
3.2). Cladistics 5: 164-166
6. Tamburrini M, D'Avino R, Fago A, Carratore V, Kunzmann A, di Prisco
G (1996) The unique hemoglobin system of Pleuragramma antaretieum,
an Antarctic migrating teleost. Structure and function of the three
components. J BioI Chern 271:23780-23785
7. Balushkin AV (1992) Classification, phylogenetic relationships, and
origins of the family suborder Notothenioidei (Perciformes). J Ichthyol
30:132-147
8. Pisano E, Ozouf-Costaz C, Hureau J-C, Williams R (1995) Chromosome
differentiation in the subAntarctic Bovichtidae species Cotto perea gobio
(Gunther, 1861) and Pseudaphritis urvillii (Valenciennes, 1832) (Pisces,
Perciformes). Antarct Sci 7:381-386
9. Ritchie PA, Lavoue S, Lecointre G (1997) Molecular phylogenetics and
the evolution of Antarctic notothenioid fishes. Comp Biochem Physiol
118A:1009-1026
10. di Prisco G, Tamburrini M, D'Avino R (1997) Oxygen-transport systems
in extreme environments: multiplicity and structure/function relationship
in hemoglobins of Antarctic fish. In: Portner HO, Playe R (eds) Cold
ocean physiology. Soc Exptl BioI Seminar Series 66. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge