Beyond thermoregulation: metabolic function of cetacean blubber in migrating bowhead and beluga whal...
Beyond thermoregulation: metabolic function of cetacean blubber in migrating bowhead and beluga whales
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The processes of lipid deposition and utilization, via the gene
leptin
(
Lep
), are poorly understood in taxa with varying degrees of adipose storage. This study examines how these systems may have adapted in marine aquatic environments inhabited by cetaceans. Bowhead (
Balaena mysticetus
) and beluga whales (
Delphinapterus le...
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Beyond thermoregulation: metabolic function of cetacean blubber in migrating bowhead and beluga whales
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5535305
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5535305
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0174-1578
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1432-136X
DOI
10.1007/s00360-016-1029-6
