Utilisation of lipids, protein, ions and energy during embryonic development of Australian oviparous skinks in the genus Lampropholis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 313-326

  Thompson, Michael B ^a   Speake, Brian K ^b   Russell, Kylie J ^a   McCartney, Ruth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Docosahexaenoic acid; Egg; Energy; Fatty acid; Incubation; Lampropholis; Lipid; Lizard; Yolk

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ION; LIPID; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOLIPID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASH; AUSTRALIA; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CHICKEN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIZARD; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PROTEIN CONTENT;

GALLUS GALLUS; LAMPROPHOLIS; LAMPROPHOLIS DELICATA; LAMPROPHOLIS GUICHENOTI; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034967867     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(00)00349-4     Document Type: Article

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