Phenotypic flexibility of the avian gizzard: Rapid, reversible and repeated changes of organ size in response to changes in dietary fibre content

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3171-3179

  Starck, J Matthias ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coturnix japonica; Diet switching; Functional anatomy; Gastrointestinal tract; Nutrition; Phenotypic transformation; Quail

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033451492     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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