Expression of fatty acyl desaturase and elongase genes, and evolution of DHA:EPA ratio during development of unfed larvae of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus L.)

Aquaculture

Volumn 313, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 129-139

  Morais, Sofia ^a   Mourente, Gabriel ^b   Ortega, Aurelio ^c   Tocher, Jamie A ^a   Tocher, Douglas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CDNA; Fatty acid composition; Gene expression; Lipid classes; Lipid content; Yolk sac larvae

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; LIPID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; PERCIFORM; PHOSPHOLIPID; YEAST;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 79952068915     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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