IONOTROPIC CRUSTACEAN OLFACTORY RECEPTORS.

Ionotropic crustacean olfactory receptors.

The nature of the olfactory receptor in crustaceans, a major group of arthropods, has remained elusive.We report that spiny lobsters, Panulirus argus, express ionotropic receptors (IRs), the insect chemosensory variants of ionotropic glutamate receptors.Unlike insects IRs, which are expressed in a specific subset of olfactory cells, Woks two lobste

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Pacu fish (Cuvier, 1818) (Characiformes: Characidae) landed in Porto Velho (Rondônia) fish market from 1985 to 2004

This study evaluated various aspects of the profile of pacu (Mylossoma spp., Myleus spp., Metynnis spp.) fish marketed on the Cai N’água floating platform of Porto Velho (RO) from 1985 to 2004.Inter- Baker Boy Caps and intra-annual variations in yield, variation in fish length and general characteristics of the fishing are reported.The annual pa

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