Locomotor trade-offs in mice selectively bred for high voluntary wheel running

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2612-2618

  Dlugosz, Elizabeth M ^a   Chappell, Mark A ^a   McGillivray, David G ^b   Syme, Douglas A ^b   Garland, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Exercise; Experimental evolution; Maximum metabolic rate; Oxygen consumption; Sprint speed; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RUNNING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RUNNING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 68249098593     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.029058     Document Type: Article

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