Periwinkle, clam, mudskipper, shrimp and catfish are favoured seafood in Ogoni Land. The quantitative estimation of heavy metals these from Kaa Kono Rivers have not really been established. This study was undertaken to evaluate the concentration chromium, iron, lead cadmium aforementioned seafood. Fresh, clean samples periwinkle, were collected fishermen at landing beaches Rivers. These transpo...

The main cause of stunting is due to inadequate food intake according the needs for growth and development children, or insufficient nutrition pregnant women. low nutritional lactating mothers as well children under five years old who are still growing developing generally caused by wrong diet. One efforts prevent from an early age search several sources animal source containing protein, fat ma...

The olfactory sensory receptor neuron (OSRN) is an important cellular component of the vertebrate olfactory system that are responsible for detection and discrimination of different type of chemical cues from the external environment [1]. The neural communication between the sensory receptor cells is generally mediated through vesicles [2]. The fine structural details of OSRN aim to unfold the ...

The branchial epithelium of the mudskipper Periophthalmodon schlosseri is densely packed with mitochondria-rich (MR) cells. This species of mudskipper is also able to eliminate ammonia against large inward gradients and to tolerate extremely high environmental ammonia concentrations. To test whether these branchial MR cells are the sites of active ammonia elimination, we used an immunological a...

The Atlantic mudskipper, Periophthalmus barbarus, is an amphibious fish that successfully overcomes the numerous physical challenges of capturing prey in a terrestrial environment. However, it is unclear what changes in the morphology and function of the feeding apparatus contribute to the mudskipper's successful transition from aquatic to terrestrial capture of prey. In particular, how does th...

Mudskippers use pectoral fins for their primary mode of locomotion on land and pectoral fins in conjunction with the axial musculature and caudal fin to move in water. We hypothesized that distinct pectoral fin movements enable effective locomotion in each environment. Additionally, we made three functional predictions about fin movements during locomotion on land versus water: the pectoral fin...