Investigating Diet as the Source of Tetrodotoxin in the Grey Side-gilled Sea Slug, Pleurobranchaea maculata

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Investigating Diet as the Source of Tetrodotoxin in the Grey Side-gilled Sea Slug, Pleurobranchaea maculata

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Pleurobranchaea maculata (grey-side gilled sea slug) was discovered to contain the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX) in 2009 after a spate of dog poisoning cases on the beaches of Auckland, New Zealand. One of the great mysteries of TTX is the lack of conclusive evidence about its ultimate origin. Possible sources postulated have included both endogenous and exogenous. Additionally, within a species both toxic and non-toxic strains exist. For example, in New Zealand, P. maculate from the North Is...

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Masters

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2014

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Khor, Serena

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8796

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Tetrodotoxin / Diet / Pleurobranchaea maculata

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