Effects of diet quality on phenotypic flexibility of organ size and digestive function in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

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

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 509-518

  Liu, Quan Sheng ^a,b,c   Wang, De Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive modulation hypotheses; Aminopeptidase N; Gastrointestinal tract; Integrated processing response (IPR); Maltase; Metabolizable energy intake; Mongolian gerbils; Sucrase; Vital organs

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; SUCRASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIGESTION; EATING; GERBIL; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE;

ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD13; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIGESTION; EATING; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GERBILLINAE; INTESTINES; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; SUCRASE;

GERBILLINAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34249871377     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0149-4     Document Type: Article

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