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Fatty acid composition of odonate’s eyes

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We have studied the fatty acid composition of eyes of amphibiotic insects, namely, the odonate Sympetrum flaveolum. The main polyunsaturated fatty acid of odonate’s eyes has been found to be 20:5n-3 (eicosapentaenoic fatty acid, EPA) rather than 18:2n-6 and 18:3n-3, which usually dominate in eyes of terrestrial insects, or 22:6n-3, which dominates in eyes of vertebrates. The prevalence of EPA in odonate’s eyes probably provides a more effective transmission of light signal in this animal compared to terrestrial insects. It is important for odonates because vision plays a decisive role in finding and catching prey.

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  1. Institute of Biophysics, Krasnoyarsk Research Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia

    N. N. Sushchik, O. N. Makhutova & M. I. Gladyshev

  2. Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia

    N. N. Sushchik, O. N. Makhutova & M. I. Gladyshev

  3. Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia

    O. N. Popova

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Original Russian Text © N.N. Sushchik, O.N. Popova, O.N. Makhutova, M.I. Gladyshev, 2017, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2017, Vol. 475, No. 3, pp. 346–348.

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Sushchik, N.N., Popova, O.N., Makhutova, O.N. et al. Fatty acid composition of odonate’s eyes. Dokl Biochem Biophys 475, 280–282 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1607672917040093

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