Do panther chameleons bask to regulate endogenous vitamin D3 production?

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-59

  Ferguson, Gary W ^a   Gehrmann, William H ^a   Karsten, Kristopher B ^a,d   Hammack, Stephen H ^b   McRae, Michele ^a   Chen, Tai C ^c   Lung, Nancy P ^b   Holick, Michael F ^c  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fort Worth Zoo ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL;

ECTOTHERMY; LIZARD; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; DIET; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DIET; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CHAMAELEONIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037731501     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374276     Document Type: Article

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