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Urinary C-Peptide of Insulin as a Non-Invasive Marker of Nutritional Status: Some Practicalities
Nutritional status is a critical element of many aspects of animal ecology, but has proven difficult to measure non-invasively in studies of free-ranging animals. Urinary C-peptide of insulin (UCP), a small polypeptide cleaved in an equimolar ratio from proinsulin when the body converts it to insuli...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3142156/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21799844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022398 |