The matches, achieved by natural selection, between biological capacities and their natural loads

Experientia

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 551-557

  Diamond, J ^a   Hammond, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brush border; cold exposure; lactation; nutrient absorption; reserve capacity; safety margin; Small intestine; sugar absorption; symmorphosis

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ANIMAL; COLD EXPOSURE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMAL; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLD; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; HYDROLASES; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LACTATION; MICE; MICROVILLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0026632952     PISSN: 00144754     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01920238     Document Type: Review

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