Title
Hemoglobin affinity and structure in high-altitude and sea-level carnivores from Peru
Date Issued
01 January 1996
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Inc.
Abstract
We compared hemoglobin affinity (P50) and structure of high altitude (HA) carnivores with populations of the same species or genus living at sea level (SL). P50 was measured in cats, pumas and foxes. It differed in animals occupying both niches. SL: cat 29.3 torr, puma 36.3 torr, fox 26.2 torr; HA: cat 22.5 torr, puma 3 1.1 torr, fox 18.5 torr. Heme and globins were fractionated by HPLC. Puma and fox hemoglobins also showed structural differences. P50 is lower in genotypically HA-adapted species studied and can differentiate SL and HA populations of the same species.
Start page
407
End page
411
Volume
113
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Hematología
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0029898390
PubMed ID
Source
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology
ISSN of the container
03009629
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