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Storage lipids in the lizard Lacerta vivipara : a quantitative study
Author(s) -
Avery R. A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1974.tb04124.x
Subject(s) - biology , hibernation (computing) , lizard , body weight , abdominal fat , isometric exercise , allometry , zoology , anatomy , ecology , physiology , endocrinology , state (computer science) , algorithm , computer science
Lipids in various tissues of Lacerta vivipara were measured at three times of the year: immediately after hibernation, mid‐season, and immediately prior to hibernation. Lipid deposits in the abdominal fat bodies and the caudal fat bands fluctuated seasonally, but at any time showed a marked positive allometry with body length and weight; the functional significance of this relationship is not known. Carcass lipid and liver weight were isometric with body length and weight.