Structural colouration of avian skin: convergent evolution of coherently scattering dermal collagen arraysJournal of Experimental Biology - Tập 206 Số 14 - Trang 2409-2429 - 2003
Richard O. Prum, Rodolfo H. Torres
SUMMARYStructural colours of avian skin have long been hypothesized to be produced by incoherent (Rayleigh/Tyndall) scattering. We investigated the colour,anatomy, nanostructure and biophysics of structurally coloured skin,ramphotheca and podotheca from 31 species of birds from 17 families in 10 orders from across Aves. Integumentary structural colours of birds inc...... hiện toàn bộ
The Effects of Increased Protein Intake on Kidney Size and FunctionJournal of Experimental Biology - Tập 201 Số 13 - Trang 2081-2090 - 1998
Kimberly A. Hammond, Donald N. Janes
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In endothermic vertebrates, long-term increases in metabolic energy demand are often associated with increases in food intake and accompanied by increases in organ mass. Wide-scale increases in organ mass have often been attributed to a metabolic response to increased energy intake and utilization. On a constant diet, however, increased food...... hiện toàn bộ
Maintenance of Neutral Buoyancy by Depth Selection in the Loggerhead Turtle Caretta CarettaJournal of Experimental Biology - Tập 203 Số 19 - Trang 2967-2975 - 2000
Shingo Minamikawa, Yasuhiko Naito, Katsufumi Sato, Yoshimasa Matsuzawa, Takeharu Bando, Wataru Sakamoto
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Time-series data of swimming speed and dive depth were recorded in six female loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta during the internesting period. The dive profiles of all animals indicated that they stayed at particular depths without swimming and that these depths were correlated with dive duration. These results support the hypothesis that ...... hiện toàn bộ
Differential expression of gill Na+,K+-ATPaseα- and β-subunits, Na+,K+,2Cl-cotransporter and CFTR anion channel in juvenile anadromous and landlocked Atlantic salmonSalmo salarJournal of Experimental Biology - Tập 210 Số 16 - Trang 2885-2896 - 2007
Tom Ole Nilsen, Lars O.E. Ebbesson, Steffen S. Madsen, S. D. McCormick, Eva Andersson, Björn Thrándur Björnsson, Patrick Prunet, Sigurd O. Stefansson
SUMMARYThis study examines changes in gill Na+,K+-ATPase(NKA) α- and β-subunit isoforms,Na+,K+,2Cl- cotransporter (NKCC) and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR I and II) in anadromous and landlocked strains of Atlantic salmon during parr-smolt transformation, and after seawater (SW) transfer in May/June. Gill NKA activity increased from Febru...... hiện toàn bộ
Time course of osmoregulatory and metabolic changes during osmotic acclimation in Sparus auratusJournal of Experimental Biology - Tập 208 Số 22 - Trang 4291-4304 - 2005
Susana Sangiao‐Alvarellos, Francisco J. Arjona, M.P. Martı́n del Rı́o, Jesús M. Míguez, Juan Miguel Mancera, José L. Soengas
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Changes in different osmoregulatory and metabolic parameters over time were assessed in gills, kidney, liver and brain of gilthead sea bream Sparus auratus transferred either from seawater (SW, 38 p.p.t.) to hypersaline water (HSW, 55 p.p.t.) or from SW to low salinity water (LSW, 6 p.p.t.) for 14 days. Changes displayed by osmoregulatory par...... hiện toàn bộ