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Seasonal trends in nesting leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) serum proteins further verify capital breeding hypothesis

Serum protein concentrations provide insight into the nutritional and immune status of organisms. It has been suggested that some marine turtles are capital breeders that fast during the nesting season. In this study, we documented serum proteins in neophyte and remigrant nesting leatherback sea tur...

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Autores principales: Perrault, Justin R., Wyneken, Jeanette, Page-Karjian, Annie, Merrill, Anita, Miller, Debra L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4732470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cou002