Limits to sustained energy intake. XXII. Reproductive performance of two selected mouse lines with different thermal conductance

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3718-3732

  Al Jothery, Aqeel H ^a,b   Król, Elzbieta ^a   Hawkins, James ^a   Chetoui, Aurore ^a   Saint Lambert, Alexander ^a   Gamo, Yuko ^a   Shaw, Suzanne C ^a   Valencak, Teresa ^a,c,d   Bünger, Lutz ^e   Hill, William G ^f   Vaanholt, Lobke M ^a   Hambly, Catherine ^a   Speakman, John R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERBALA   (Iraq)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^e SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Cross fostering; Daily energy expenditure; Heat dissipation limit; Lactation; Milk production

Indexed keywords

MUS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; INTESTINE; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; INTESTINES; LACTATION; MALE; MICE; MILK;

EID: 84925864078     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.103705     Document Type: Article

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