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Comparisons between the fatty acid compositions of the muscle and ovary of the nonparasitic lamprey Lampetra planeri (bloch) and their counterparts in the anadromous and parasitic Lampetra fluviatilis (L.)

Bird, D. J.; Potter, I. C.; Bird, David J.; Potter, Ian C.; Ellis, D. J.

Authors

D. J. Bird

I. C. Potter

David J. Bird

Ian C. Potter

D. J. Ellis



Abstract

1. 1. The proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the triacylglycerols and phospholipids of muscle and ovary were far lower in adult Lampetra planeri than adult Lampetra fluviatilis. 2. 2. The most abundant fatty acids in the triacylglycerols were 16:1 in the muscle and ovary of adult L. planeri and 18:1 in the muscle and 22:6 in the ovary of L. fluviatilis. 3. 3. The above interspecific differences reflect marked differences in the fatty acid compositions of the lipids ingested and stored during the respective preceding trophic phases, i.e. during microphagous larval life in L. planeri and during feeding on fish flesh in L. fluviatilis. © 1993.

Citation

Potter, I. C., Bird, D. J., Bird, D. J., Ellis, D. J., & Potter, I. C. (1993). Comparisons between the fatty acid compositions of the muscle and ovary of the nonparasitic lamprey Lampetra planeri (bloch) and their counterparts in the anadromous and parasitic Lampetra fluviatilis (L.). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B: Comparative Biochemistry, 105(2), 327-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-0491%2893%2990236-X

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 1993
Journal Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part B: Biochemistry and
Print ISSN 0305-0491
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 105
Issue 2
Pages 327-332
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-0491%2893%2990236-X
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1109127
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-0491(93)90236-X




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