Caviedes-Vidal, Enrique

The digestive adaptation of flying vertebrates: high intestinal paracellular absorption compensates for smaller guts. [electronic resource] - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Nov 2007 - 19132-7 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

1091-6490

10.1073/pnas.0703159104 doi


3-O-Methylglucose--pharmacokinetics
Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
Birds--anatomy & histology
Body Weight
Chiroptera--anatomy & histology
Energy Metabolism
Flight, Animal--physiology
Intestinal Absorption--physiology
Intestine, Small--anatomy & histology
Mammals--anatomy & histology
Mice
Organ Size
Rats
Rhamnose--pharmacokinetics
Species Specificity
Weight-Bearing