Pufferfish Takifugu rubripes adults accumulate mainly tetrodotoxin (TTX) in liver.
In contrast, pufferfish juveniles transferred TTX from the liver to the skin.
However, there was no difference in TTX uptake in liver tissue slices between them.
Genes expressed differentially in juvenile and adult liver were analyzed by SSH.
SSH cDNA libraries revealed candidate genes of T. rubripes liver toxification.