Phenotypic plasticity in blood-oxygen transport in highland and lowland deer mice

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1167-1173

  Tufts, Danielle M ^a   Revsbech, Inge G ^b   Cheviron, Zachary A ^a,c   Weber, Roy E ^b   Fago, Angela ^b   Storz, Jay F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

Hematocrit; Hemoglobin; High altitude; Hypoxia; Peromyscus maniculatus; Physiological plasticity; Red blood cell

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; METABOLISM; PEROMYSCUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

2,3-DIPHOSPHOGLYCERATE; ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COLORADO; CROSSES, GENETIC; ECOSYSTEM; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; NEBRASKA; OXYGEN; PEROMYSCUS; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876126151     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.079848     Document Type: Article

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