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SUBMITTER: Rolvien T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5095380 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rolvien Tim T Nagel Florian F Milovanovic Petar P Wuertz Sven S Marshall Robert Percy RP Jeschke Anke A Schmidt Felix N FN Hahn Michael M Witten P Eckhard PE Amling Michael M Busse Björn B
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20161001 1841
European eels (Anguilla anguilla) undertake an impressive 5 000 km long migration from European fresh waters through the North Atlantic Ocean to the Sargasso Sea. Along with sexual maturation, the eel skeleton undergoes a remarkable morphological transformation during migration, where a hitherto completely obscure bone loss phenomenon occurs. To unravel mechanisms of the maturation-related decay of the skeleton, we performed a multiscale assessment of eels' bones at different life-cycle stages. ...[more]