Embryonic growth and mobilization of energy and material in oviposited eggs of the red-necked keelback snake, Rhabdophis tigrinus lateralis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-63

  Cai, Yao ^a   Zhou, Ting ^a   Ji, Xiang ^a,b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Conversion efficiency; Egg; Embryonic growth; Hatchling; Incubation; Red necked keelback; Reptilia; Rhabdophis tigrinus lateralis

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY COST; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA; RHABDOPHIS TIGRINUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 33947532867     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.11.026     Document Type: Article

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