The functional significance of individual variation in basal metabolic rate

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 900-915

  Speakman, John R ^a,b   Król, Elzbieta ^a   Johnson, Maria S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LACTATION; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LACTATION; MICE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 13844272143     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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