Disease relevance of Common Dolphins

• Long-term (1990-1996) results of recording gastric ulcers in the common dolphin are presented for the NW Spanish Atlantic coast [1].

High impact information on Common Dolphins

• This myoglobin differs from that of the Black Sea dolphin at four positions and from the myoglobin of the killer whale, Pacific common dolphin, and Atlantic bottlenosed dolphin at two positions [2].
• Organochlorine contaminant and retinoid levels in blubber of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) off northwestern Spain [3].
• To extend knowledge of GH evolution in Cetartiodactyla (Artiodactyla plus Cetacea) we have previously characterized GH genes from several members of this group, including the common dolphin [4].
• Organochlorine compounds in common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) from the Atlantic and Mediterranean waters of Spain [5].
• Five Mbs--bottle-nose dolphin myoglobin (BdMb), pacific common dolphin myoglobin (PdMb), horse myoglobin (HsMb), dog myoglobin (DgMb), and badger myoglobin (BgMb)--have an identical sequence in that region [6].

Associations of Common Dolphins with chemical compounds

• The primary structure of this myoglobin proved identical with that from the Atlantic bottlenosed dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, but showed four substitutions with respect to the sequence reported for the Black Sea dolphin which has also been given the designation Delphinus delphis [7].
• Brain lipids from the porpoise (Delphinus delphis). Phosphoglycerides rich in isovaleric acid and long-chain iso-acids [8].
• Retinoid and lipid patterns in the blubber of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis): implications for monitoring vitamin A status [9].

Gene context of Common Dolphins

• Complete primary structure of the major component myoglobin of Pacific common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) [7].
• Cloning and characterisation of the GH gene from the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) [10].

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