Sugar and protein digestion in flowerpiercers and hummingbirds: A comparative test of adaptive convergence

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-273

  Schondube, J E ^a,b   Martinez Del Rio, C ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Diglossa baritula; Hummingbirds; Sucrase activity; Sugar and protein digestion

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PROTEIN; SUCRASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTION; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD13; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIGESTION; EVOLUTION; INTESTINES; KINETICS; LINEAR MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; PROTEINS; SUCRASE;

EID: 2442584570     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-003-0411-3     Document Type: Article

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