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SUBMITTER: Alves F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7075925 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alves F F Dromby M M Baptista V V Ferreira R R Correia A M AM Weyn M M Valente R R Froufe E E Rosso M M Sousa-Pinto I I Dinis A A Dias E E Teodósio M A MA
Scientific reports 20200316 1
Nucleic acid-derived indices such as RNA/DNA ratios have been successfully applied as ecophysiological indicators to assess growth, nutritional condition and health status in marine organisms given that they provide a measure of tissue protein reserves, which is known to vary depending on changes in the environment. Yet, the use of these biochemical indices on highly mobile large predators is scarce. In this study, we tested the applicability of using nucleic acids to provide insights on the eco ...[more]