Stable isotope tracer reveals that viviparous snakes transport amino acids to offspring during gestation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 760-765

  Van Dyke, James U ^a,b   Beaupre, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Placentation; Reproductive allocation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VIVIPARITY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FEMALE; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLACENTA; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; SNAKES; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX; BOA CONSTRICTOR; BOIDAE; COLUBRIDAE; MAMMALIA; NATRICINAE; NERODIA SIPEDON; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 84857550539     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.058644     Document Type: Article

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