Nucleotypic effect in homeotherms: Body-mass independent resting metabolic rate of passerine birds is related to genome size

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 220-225

  Vinogradov, Alexander E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

C value paradox; cytoecology; ecophysiological cytogenetics; genome size; junk DNA; mammals; phylogenetically independent contrasts; rodents; taxon level effects

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031000757     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb02403.x     Document Type: Article

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