Gender differences in health and aging of Atlantic cod subject to size selective fishery

Summary We have analyzed health and physiological aging parameters in male and female Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, captured in Kattegat, Skagerrak and in Öresund. Gender differences were clearly evident in a number of variables. Males had longer liver telomeres and higher catalase activities than fem...

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Main Authors: Bethanie Carney Almroth, Mattias Sköld, Helen Nilsson Sköld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2012-07-01
Series:Biology Open
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Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/1/9/922