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Bioenergetics and intestinal phenotypic flexibility in the microbiotherid marsupial (Dromiciops gliroides) from the temperate forest in South America.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology - 1 Oct 2011
Cortés Pablo A, Franco Marcela, Sabat Pablo, Quijano Silvia A, Nespolo Roberto F
Abstract excerpt
The microbiotherid marsupial Dromiciops gliroides inhabits the temperate forests of the Southern hemisphere, facing seasonal nutritional and energetic bottlenecks due to its apparently facultative insectivory/frugivory. In order to understand the physiological processes behind this ecological pattern, we studied the morpho-physiological changes that D. gliroides exhibits after dietary acclimation, in a sample of...
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