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  • noun Plural form of pufferfish.

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Examples

  • Ugt5c genes in the second subclade are always located directly upstream of the The Ugt5d genes seem to be lost in pufferfishes (fugu and tetraodon) and duplicated in tandem in medaka.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Haiyan Huang et al. 2010

  • We identified the predicted components of the Egf receptor-ligand signaling system in teleost fishes (medaka, platyfish, stickleback, pufferfishes and zebrafish).

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • We identified the predicted components of the Egf receptor-ligand signaling system in teleost fishes (medaka, platyfish, stickleback, pufferfishes and zebrafish).

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Juliette Laisney 2010

  • Ugt5c genes in the second subclade are always located directly upstream of the The Ugt5d genes seem to be lost in pufferfishes (fugu and tetraodon) and duplicated in tandem in medaka.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Haiyan Huang et al. 2010

  • It is able to fight against predators but it is still eaten by reef inhabitants such as the pufferfishes, Charonia species, harlequin shrimp, and some

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Jesscastor 2009

  • Some Tetraodonts are square or triangular (boxfishes), others are spherical (pufferfishes), and the filefishes are laterally compressed.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Corals and Corals and schools of fish meeting schools of fish at more corals, octopus everywhere, lionfishes, stonefishes, nudibranks, a seahorse, tiny cube boxfishes, pufferfishes, corals … it was really hard to see everything, because a) there is so incredible much to see and b) there is fish everywhere.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

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