The chemical composition of the uropygial gland secretion of rock dove Columba livia

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-279

  Montalti, Diego ^a   Gutiérrez, Ana María ^a   Reboredo, Guillermo ^a   Salibián, Alfredo ^b,c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Columba livia; Fatty acid composition; Rock dove; Secretion mass; Uropygial gland

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBON 14; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOVE; FEMALE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AVES; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 15244348627     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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