The Different Mechanisms of Hypoxic Acclimatization and Adaptation in Lizard Phrynocephalus vlangalii Living on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 319, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 117-123

  He, Jianzheng ^a   Xiu, Minghui ^a   Tang, Xiaolong ^a   Yue, Feng ^a   Wang, Ningbo ^a   Yang, Shaobin ^a   Chen, Qiang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHINA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CHINA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; LIZARDS; TIBET;

EID: 84874799161     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1776     Document Type: Article

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