Structural flexibility of the small intestine and liver of garter snakes in response to feeding and fasting

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1377-1388

  Starck, J Matthias ^a   Beese, Kathleen ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Digestion; Fasting; Nutrition; Phenotypic flexibility; Snake; Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOLOGY; EATING; ECHOGRAPHY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMALL INTESTINE; SNAKE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLUBRIDAE; EATING; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGAN SIZE;

ANIMALIA; PYTHON MOLURUS; PYTHON MOLURUS BIVITTATUS; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS;

EID: 0036322073     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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