The metabolic organization of a primitive air-breathing fish, the Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-17

  Frick, Natasha Therese ^a   Bystriansky, Jason Scott ^a   Ballantyne, James Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENZYME; FATTY ACID; KETONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; FISHES; KETONES; LIPID METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

ELASMOBRANCHII; LEPISOSTEUS PLATYRHINCUS; MAMMALIA; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33847357392     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.338     Document Type: Article

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