Abstract: Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT; Thunnus thynnus) is a highly regarded and consumed species, but farming is still in its infancy. Currently, nothing is known about the presence of circadian rhythmicity at central or peripheral tissues, or if there are daily rhythms in expression of genes involved in lipid metabolism. In order to elucidate clock gene regulation of genes of lipid metabolism in ABT, six clock genes (bmal1, clock, cry1, cry2, per1 and per2) were sequenced and 24 h expression of these genes determined in brain and liver of fish acclimate...
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Endocrinology
Internal medicine