Variation in plasma lipids during the reproductive cycle of male and female desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 293, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 703-711

  Lance, Valentine A ^a   Place, Allen R ^b   Grumbles, Janice ^c   Rostal, David C ^c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; EGG YOLK; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; LIPIDS; MALE; NEVADA; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TURTLES;

GOPHERUS; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 0036891402     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.10160     Document Type: Article

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