The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) gene family is considered to be one of the largest gene families in all forms of prokaryotic and eukaryotic life. Although the ABC transporter genes have been annotated in some species, detailed information about the ABC superfamily and the evolutionary characterization of ABC genes in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) are still unclear. In this research, we identifie...

a research project was designed to compare the level of accumulated mercury in common and silver carp muscle tissues from sanandaj gheshlagh dam. these fish were the most consumed fish in the region. during july to december 2009, forty eight samples of these species were randomly caught (24 samples each). total mercury in muscle tissues was measured by advanced mercury analyzer (model, leco 254...

butachlor (n-(butoxymethyl)-2-chloro-n-2, 6-diethylacetanillide) is widely used chloroacetanilide herbicide in asian region, especially in the north of iran. several studies have been reported on toxicity of butachlor, but little information is accessible on dna damaging potential. thus, the present study was undertaken to investigate of dna damage by butachlor in cyprinuscarpio(pisces: cyprini...

cyprinus carpio is a stenohaline species but can tolerate some ranges of changes in environmental salinities, so histomorphological methods and na+-k+ atpase and aquaporin 3 immunohistochemistry were performed on common carp kidney as an osmoregulatory organ in experimental groups and control in order to investigate their possible roles during salinity challenge. five groups of fish (n=25) with...

the genetic polymorphism of insulin-like growth factor binding protein ( igfbp-3 ) and its association with the growth traits namely condition factor, body weight, and total length were investigated in common carp cyprinus carpio using pcr- single strand conformation polymorphism (sscp) technique. caudal fin clips from 120 c. carpio , aging 5 months, were used in this study and a 330 bp dna fra...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of biogen probiotic additives on growth performance of common carp, Cyprinus carpio. Four practical diets containing 0 (control) , 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 % Biogen probiotic were used to feed fish. Seventy-two juvenile common carp (65 ? 3.5g) were randomly distributed between 12 fiberglass tanks of 500 L capacity. During 60 days of feeding trial, the...

Two species of common edible fish, common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), were exposed to a Microcystis spp.-dominated natural cyanobacterial water bloom for two months (concentrations of cyanobacterial toxin microcystin, 182-539 microg/g biomass dry wt). Toxins accumulated up to 1.4 to 29 ng/g fresh weight and 3.3 to 19 ng/g in the muscle of silver carp an...