Oxygen transport in extreme environments.
Evolution has adopted different strategies to solve the problem of transporting oxygen to respiring tissues, according to needs dictated by the environment. A thermodynamic analysis of haemoglobins of organisms living in extreme polar environments (mammals and fish) provides elegant examples of such adaptations.
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Institute of Protein Biochemistry and Enzymology, CNR, Naples, Italy.
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D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D001110:Arctic Regions; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D001831:Body Temperature; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008322:Mammals / Q000502:physiology*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism
D010108:Oxyhemoglobins; D010100:Oxygen