Paracellular Absorption Is Relatively Low in the Herbivorous Egyptian Spiny-Tailed Lizard, Uromastyx aegyptia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  McWhorter, Todd J ^a,b   Pinshow, Berry ^c   Karasov, William H ^b   Tracy, Christopher R ^c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLGLUCOSE; ARABINOSE; CELLOBIOSE; RHAMNOSE;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CARBOHYDRATE ABSORPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAT TRANSFER; LIZARD; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; THERMOREGULATION; UROMASTYX AEGYPTIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEMALE; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LIZARDS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA; UROMASTYX AEGYPTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876185907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061869     Document Type: Article

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