Oxygenation properties of hemoglobin and the evolutionary origins of isoform multiplicity in an amphibious air-breathing fish, the blue-spotted mudskipper (Boleophthalmus pectinirostris)
J. Storz, C. Natarajan, M. Grouleff, M. Vandewege, F. Hoffmann, X. You, B. Venkatesh, A. Fago
This study examines hemoglobin oxygenation properties and genomic origins of isoform multiplicity in the blue-spotted mudskipper, finding similar oxygen transport traits to hypoxia-tolerant fish despite functional isoform diversity.
bioRxiv · Oct 25, 2019Physiology