Contributions of phenotypic plasticity to differences in thermogenic performance between highland and lowland deer mice

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1160-1166

  Cheviron, Zachary A ^a,b   Bachman, Gwendolyn C ^a   Storz, Jay F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental plasticity; High altitude adaptation; Hypoxia; Peromyscus; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEROMYSCUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOGENESIS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COLORADO; ECOSYSTEM; NEBRASKA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEROMYSCUS; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THERMOGENESIS;

MAMMALIA; MUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 84876114428     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.075598     Document Type: Article

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