Natura Croatica, Vol. 21 No. suppl. 1, 2012.
Kratko priopćenje
Metabolic evolution of subterranean diving beetles from the calcretes of Western Australia
Renée E. Bishop
; Penn State University, 120 Ridge View Drive, Dunmore, PA
William Humphreys
; Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Steve Cooper
; Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Sažetak
Subterranean estuaries formed within carbonate deposits in the paleodrainage systems of Western Australia are habitats for an great diversity of stygiobitic beetles, some of which are sympatric sister species. This study examines the metabolism of stygiobiont beetles using respiration and key metabolic enzymes to determine whether sympatric sister species differ in energy allocation and respiration.
Ključne riječi
Dystictidae; calcretes; metabolism; lactate dehydrogenase; citrate synthase
Hrčak ID:
87185
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.9.2012.
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