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Sex differences in postprandial blood glucose and body surface temperature are contingent on flight in the fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx

The postprandial blood glucose level is very high for the body size in frugivorous bats. Like other homeotherms, bats release heat during digestion of dietary macronutrients. Despite males and females of the same species exhibiting different foraging behaviour, empirical support for sex differences...

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Autores principales: Nagarajan-Radha, Venkatesh, Devaraj, Paramanantha Swami Doss
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7903995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33509836
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.053926