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Amino Acid Spectrum in the Blood of the Endemic and Invasive Amphibian Species in the Fauna of the Ural

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For the first time, the results of a comparative analysis of free amino acids in the blood plasma of amphibians of the Ural fauna are presented: an endemic species (Siberian salamander (Salamandrella keyserlingii Dybovsky, 1870)) and an invasive species (marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus Pallas, 1771)). The species diversity of adaptive strategies of thermoresistant amphibionts both to negative and positive temperatures is shown.

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This study was performed with the financial support by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation within the framework of the state assignment of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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    L. A. Kovalchuk, L. V. Chernaya, V. A. Mishchenko, D. L. Berzin &  V. N. Bolshakov

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Kovalchuk, L.A., Chernaya, L.V., Mishchenko, V.A. et al. Amino Acid Spectrum in the Blood of the Endemic and Invasive Amphibian Species in the Fauna of the Ural. Dokl Biochem Biophys 500, 327–330 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1607672921050124

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