Avian embryos in hypoxic environments

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 331-343

  Leon Velarde F ^a   Monge C, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Birds, embryos; Development, avian embryos; Egg, bird, high altitude; High altitude, bird eggs; Metabolism, oxygen consumption, avian eggs

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AIR; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BOHR EFFECT; CAPILLARY WALL; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONDUCTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENT; FOWL; GAS EXCHANGE; HATCHING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOXIA; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PH; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; STIMULATION; SYNTHESIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIRDS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3543007208     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2004.02.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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