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THE metabolism of mitochondria of poikilotherms acclimatized at different temperatures has not been studied, though such studies have been made on rats1,2. The mechanisms of adaptation to cold and warm temperatures in a poikilotherm may be different from those of a homoitherm due to the presence of a temperature-regulating centre in the latter. Hence, mitochondria from livers of goldfish, Carassius auratus, acclimatized at 10° and 30° C. were isolated to study their oxidative phosphorylation. The following account gives the method of isolation and the structure of mitochondria of the liver of unacclimatized goldfish.
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KANUNGO, M. Mitochondria of Goldfish, Carassius auratus . Nature 185, 862 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185862a0
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