Insights from an integrated view of the biology of apple snails (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae)

KA Hayes, RL Burks, A Castro-Vazquez, PC Darby… - Malacologia, 2015 - BioOne
Apple snails (Ampullariidae) are among the largest and most ecologically important
freshwater snails. The introduction of multiple species has reinvigorated the field and …

Control of invasive apple snails and their use as pollutant ecotoxic indicators: A review

F Panda, SG Pati, A Bal, K Das, L Samanta… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
Apple snails are one of the most survived fresh water invasive species that causes massive
economic loss to vegetations, especially to the rice fields. They survive against many …

The role of the proteinase inhibitor ovorubin in apple snail eggs resembles plant embryo defense against predation

MS Dreon, S Ituarte, H Heras - PLoS One, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Fieldwork has thoroughly established that most eggs are intensely predated.
Among the few exceptions are the aerial egg clutches from the aquatic snail Pomacea …

Egg carotenoproteins in neotropical Ampullariidae (Gastropoda: arquitaenioglossa)

H Heras, MS Dreon, S Ituarte, RJ Pollero - Comparative Biochemistry and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Carotenoid-binding proteins are commonly found in invertebrates. Their carotenoids form
non-covalent complexes with proteins giving tissues a variety of colors. In molluscs they …

First proteome of the egg perivitelline fluid of a freshwater gastropod with aerial oviposition

J Sun, H Zhang, H Wang, H Heras… - Journal of Proteome …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Pomacea canaliculata is a freshwater snail that deposits eggs on solid substrates above the
water surface. Previous studies have emphasized the nutritional and protective functions of …

Effects of atrazine on vitellogenesis, steroid levels and lipid peroxidation, in female red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii

GR Silveyra, P Silveyra, I Vatnick, DA Medesani… - Aquatic toxicology, 2018 - Elsevier
Atrazine, a widely use herbicide, has been classified as a potential endocrine disruptor,
especially for freshwater species. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that atrazine can …

Free and esterified carotenoids in ornaments of an avian species: the relationship to color expression and sources of variability

E Garcia-de Blas, R Mateo, J Vinuela… - Physiological and …, 2013 - journals.uchicago.edu
Many animal species show ornaments with yellow-orange-red colors produced by
carotenoid pigments. Such traits have evolved as reliable signals of individual quality …

Antioxidant defense system in the apple snail eggs, the role of ovorubin

MS Dreon, G Schinella, H Heras, RJ Pollero - Archives of Biochemistry and …, 2004 - Elsevier
A novel role of ovorubin as a protection system against oxidative damage in eggs from
Pomacea canaliculata was investigated. Carotenoid composition, and their antioxidant …

Effects of atrazine on ovarian growth, in the estuarine crab Neohelice granulata

GR Silveyra, IS Canosa, EM Rodriguez… - … and physiology part C …, 2017 - Elsevier
Atrazine, a herbicide that is intensively used in Argentina, was assayed to evaluate the
alteration of reproduction in a wild species of crustaceans. Adult females of the estuarine …

First egg protein with a neurotoxic effect on mice

H Heras, MV Frassa, PE Fernandez, CM Galosi… - Toxicon, 2008 - Elsevier
While many invertebrates sequester toxic compounds to endow eggs with chemical
defences, here we show, for the first time to our knowledge, the identification of a neurotoxin …