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The correlation between fish growth and several biochemical characteristics with reference to the steelhead Parasalmo mykiss Walb.

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Correlation analysis demonstrated a statistically significant correlation of linear-weight characteristics of the steelhead rainbow trout (cultivated steelhead form) with an RNA/DNA ratio and the expression level of the gene encoding cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) in two-year-old individuals (1+) as well as the expression level of the gene encoding the myosin heavy chain (MyHC) and activities of the enzymes CCO and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in muscles and 1-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (1-GPDH) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) in the liver of two- and three-year-old individuals (1+ and 2+). With age, the correlation of 1-GPDH and G6PDH activities in the rainbow trout liver with the fish body weight increased, whereas their correlations with the body length reduced. The age- and sex-related distinctions in the MyHC gene expression and activities of the white muscle enzyme LDH and the liver enzymes 2-GPDH and G6PDH were detected in rainbow trout of both age cohorts.

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    M. V. Churova, O. V. Meshcheryakova & N. N. Nemova

  2. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    M. I. Shatunovskii

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Original Russian Text © M.V. Churova, O.V. Meshcheryakova, N.N. Nemova, M.I. Shatunovskii, 2010, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2010, No. 3, pp. 289–299.

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Churova, M.V., Meshcheryakova, O.V., Nemova, N.N. et al. The correlation between fish growth and several biochemical characteristics with reference to the steelhead Parasalmo mykiss Walb.. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 37, 236–245 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359010030040

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