Fatty acid composition of pectoralis muscle membrane, intramuscular fat stores and adipose tissue of migrant and wintering white-throated sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3865-3872

  Klaiman, J M ^a,b   Price, E R ^a   Guglielmo, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Migration; N 3; N 6; Natural doping; Phospholipids; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Zonotrichia

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SPARROW;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FATTY ACIDS; MEMBRANES; ONTARIO; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; SEASONS; SPARROWS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

AVES; HEXAPODA; PASSERIDAE; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 70449720704     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034967     Document Type: Article

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