Yolk partitioning in embryos of the lizard, Calotes versicolor: Maximize body size or save energy for later use?

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 783-785

  Radder, Rajkumar S ^a   Shanbhag, Bhagyashri A ^a   Saidapur, Srinivas K ^a  

^a KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARD; METABOLISM; MORPHOMETRICS; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EGG PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARDS; OVUM; TIME FACTORS;

CALOTES; CALOTES VERSICOLOR; SQUAMATA;

EID: 4644318800     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.95     Document Type: Article

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