Lipids in yolks and neonates of the viviparous lizard Niveoscincus metallicus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 465-470

  Jones, Susan M ^a   Bennett, Ellen J ^a   Swadling, Kerrie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg; Embryo; Lipid; Lizard; Neonate; Polar lipids; Reptile; Triacylglycerols; Viviparity; Yolk

Indexed keywords

LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIZARD; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; VITELLOGENESIS;

NIVEOSCINCUS METALLICUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 0031698862     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10136-0     Document Type: Article

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