Nutrient uptake by embryos of the Australian viviparous lizard Eulamprus tympanum

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 560-567

  Thompson, M B ^a   Speake, B K ^a   Russell, K J ^a   McCartney, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

EMBRYO; LIZARD; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; LIZARD; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIMETRY; CHOLESTEROL; CLIMATE; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; LIZARDS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OVUM; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PREGNANCY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; EULAMPRUS QUOYII; EULAMPRUS TYMPANUM; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 0034921611     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322166     Document Type: Article

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