Phenotypic flexibility in cutaneous water loss and lipids of the stratum corneum

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3581-3588

  Haugen, Michael J ^a   Tieleman, B Irene ^b,c   Williams, Joseph B ^a  

^a Department of Evolution   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaemon alaudipes; Ceramide; Cutaneous water loss; Free fatty acid; Hoopoe lark; Lipid; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; FATTY ACID; LIPID;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDERMIS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CERAMIDES; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDERMIS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; LIPIDS; NETHERLANDS; SAUDI ARABIA; SONGBIRDS; TEMPERATURE; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

ALAEMON ALAUDIPES; ALAUDA; ALAUDA ARVENSIS; ALAUDIDAE; ANIMALIA; EREMALAUDA DUNNI; LULLULA ARBOREA; PASSERI; UPUPA EPOPS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242349796     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00596     Document Type: Article

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