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SUBMITTER: Matsushita Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7501227 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matsushita Yoshiyuki Y Miyoshi Kaho K Kabeya Naoki N Sanada Shuwa S Yazawa Ryosuke R Haga Yutaka Y Satoh Shuichi S Yamamoto Yoji Y Strüssmann Carlos Augusto CA Luckenbach John Adam JA Yoshizaki Goro G
Communications biology 20200918 1
The colonisation of freshwater environments by marine fishes has historically been considered a result of adaptation to low osmolality. However, most marine fishes cannot synthesise the physiologically indispensable fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), due to incomplete DHA biosynthetic pathways, which must be adapted to survive in freshwater environments where DHA is poor relative to marine environments. By analysing DHA biosynthetic pathways of one marine and three freshwater-dependent spec ...[more]