Geographic variation in basal thermogenesis in little buntings: Relationship to cellular thermogenesis and thyroid hormone concentrations

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 483-490

  Zheng, Wei Hong ^a,b   Lin, Lin ^a   Liu, Jin Song ^a,b   Xu, Xing Jun ^c   Li, Ming ^d  

^a WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab for Subtropical Water Environment   (China)

^c QIQIHAR UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d DAQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular thermogenesis; Geographic variation; Little bunting (Emberiza pusilla); Resting metabolic rate (RMR); Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; LIOTHYRONINE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CHINA; EMBERIZA PUSILLA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HORMONE ACTION; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESTING METABOLIC RATE; SEASON; THERMOGENESIS; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

AVES; EMBERIZA PUSILLA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84872413912     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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