The fatty acid composition of oophagous tadpoles (Chirixalus eiffingeri) fed conspecific or chicken egg yolk

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 329-336

  Huang, Chen Huei ^a   Liang, Min Fang ^b   Kam, Yeong Choy ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Cannibalism; Cannibals; Nutrition; Oophagy

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; CANNIBALISM; CHICKEN; CHIRIXALUS EIFFINGERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; FROG; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; TADPOLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUERGERIA; CHIRIXALUS EIFFINGERI; GALLUS GALLUS; RHACOPHORUS MOLTRECHTI;

EID: 0037682176     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00082-5     Document Type: Article

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