Limits to sustained energy intake XII: Is the poor relation between resting metabolic rate and reproductive performance because resting metabolism is not a repeatable trait?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-287

  Duarte, L C ^a   Vaanholt, L M ^a   Sinclair, R E ^a   Gamo, Y ^a   Speakman, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mouse; Mus musculus; Repetability; Reproductive performance; Resting metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MICE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 75249092605     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037069     Document Type: Article

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