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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
; Western Australian Museum, Collections and Research Centre, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, WA 6986, Australia; School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. 6907, Australia
Steve Cooper
; Evolutionary Biology Unit, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Dystictidae; calcretes; metabolism; lactate dehydrogenase; citrate synthase
Hrčak ID:
87185
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Publication date:
30.9.2012.
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