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Short lifespan and apoptosis in Aphia minuta
Author(s) -
Caputo V.,
Candi G.,
Arneri E.,
Mesa M.,
Cinti C.,
Provinciali M.,
Nisi Cerioni P.,
Gregorini A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb01703.x
Subject(s) - biology , pelagic zone , goby , apoptosis , zoology , zebrafish , fish <actinopterygii> , population , vertebrate , ecology , fishery , genetics , demography , gene , sociology
Evidence is presented that apoptosis of intestinal enterocytes is implicated in adult mortality immediately after the breeding season in Aphia minuta , a paedomorphic goby that spends its whole life cycle of <1 year in the water column as a pelagic and planktophagous fish. This could be the first documented case in which apoptosis triggers a population dynamic process such as natural mortality in a vertebrate.