Experimentally reducing clutch size reveals a fixed upper limit to egg size in snakes, evidence from the king ratsnake, Elaphe carinata

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 474-478

  Ji, Xiang ^a,b   Du, Wei Guo ^b   Li, Hong ^a   Lin, Long Hui ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Egg number; Egg size; Elaphe carinata; Follicle ablation; Reptilia; Size number trade off; The upper limit to egg size

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PH; CELL STRUCTURE; CLUTCH SIZE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SIZE; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; OVIDUCT; PELVIC GIRDLE; PERFORMANCE; PH; PROGENY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRESS; WORM;

ANIMALIA; ELAPHE CARINATA; SERPENTES;

EID: 33745602500     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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