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The interplay between voluntary food intake, dietary carbohydrate-lipid ratio and nutrient metabolism in an amphibian, (Xenopus laevis)

Digestion of food and metabolism of frogs are little studied at the moment, and such processes could be very particular in the case of amphibians, given their ectothermic and carnivorous nature which may lead them to use nutrients through specific biochemical pathways. In the present study, 24 adult...

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Autores principales: Brenes-Soto, Andrea, Dierenfeld, Ellen S., Janssens, Geert P. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6286023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30532132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208445