The metabolic cost of avian egg formation: Possible impact of yolk precursor production?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4443-4451

  Vézina, François ^a   Salvante, Katrina G ^a   Williams, Tony D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg production; Energy cost; Resting metabolic rate; RMR; Taeniopygia guttata; Very low density lipoprotein; Vitellogenin; Yolk precursor production; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; SONGBIRD; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; ESTRADIOL; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL; SONGBIRDS; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENINS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; PASSERI; STURNIDAE; STURNUS; STURNUS VULGARIS; TAENIOPYGIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 0346399729     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00702     Document Type: Article

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