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Sucrose digestion capacity in birds shows convergent coevolution with nectar composition across continents

The major lineages of nectar-feeding birds (hummingbirds, sunbirds, honeyeaters, flowerpiercers, and lorikeets) are considered examples of convergent evolution. We compared sucrose digestion capacity and sucrase enzymatic activity per unit intestinal surface area among 50 avian species from the New...

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Autores principales: McWhorter, Todd J., Rader, Jonathan A., Schondube, Jorge E., Nicolson, Susan W., Pinshow, Berry, Fleming, Patricia A., Gutiérrez-Guerrero, Yocelyn T., Martínez del Rio, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8246590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34235412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102717