Age-related differences in skeletal muscle lipid profiles of Weddell seals: Clues to developmental changes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1676-1684

  Trumble, Stephen J ^a   Noren, Shawn R ^b   Cornick, Leslie A ^c   Hawke, Thomas J ^d   Kanatous, Shane B ^e  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; IMTG; Lipids; Skeletal muscle; Weddell seals

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOCA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEALS, EARLESS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII;

EID: 77951722716     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.040923     Document Type: Article

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