Egg components, egg size, and hatchling size in leatherback turtles

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 524-532

  Wallace, Bryan P ^a   Sotherland, Paul R ^b   Tomillo, Pilar Santidrian ^a   Bouchard, Sarah S ^c   Reina, Richard D ^d   Spotila, James R ^a   Paladino, Frank V ^e  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

^c OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermochelys coriacea; Egg components; Egg size; Maternal investment; Neonate size

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; DRY MASS; EGG SIZE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURTLE; WATER SUPPLY;

AVES; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33750983622     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.08.040     Document Type: Article

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