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MARINE BIOLOGY
Volume 158, Issue 12, Pages 2741-2754Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1773-9
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We studied the lipid dynamics (lipid contents, classes and fatty acids) during oogenesis and early embryogenesis of 7 viviparous and 3 oviparous deepwater chondrichthyans. Mature pre-ovulated ovarian follicles of all species were high in lipid content, indicative of large energetic expenditure and high maternal investment. Larger lipid reserves were found in viviparous dogshark (28-36% wet weight, ww) compared to oviparous chimaeras (1924% ww) and catshark, F. boardmani (18% ww). Neutral lipids and monounsaturated fatty acids were the main source of lipidic energy during vitellogenesis and gestation. For most species, there was a peak in total lipid content, levels of storage lipids and essential fatty acids at time of ovulation. Interspecific variation of total lipid yolk reserves and lipid class profiles was largely explained by differences in parity mode, reproductive (continuous vs. non-continuous oocytes development) strategy and depth-related physiological adaptations. Fatty acid proWles were less variable among species with the most important fatty acids including: 16:0, 18:1 omega 9, 20:1 omega 9, 20:4 omega 6 and 22:6 omega 3. These findings provide a greater biochemical understanding of different maternal-embryonic relationships among chondrichthyans, which can be used as a baseline for subsequent comparative studies.
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