Marine iguanas shrink to survive El Nino - Changes in bone metabolism enable these adult lizards to reversibly alter their length.

被引：161

作者：

Wikelski, M

Thom, C

机构：

[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Ecol Ethol & Evolut, Urbana, IL 61801 USA

[2] Max Planck Inst Behav Physiol, D-82319 Seewiesen, Germany

[3] Univ Bielefeld, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany

[4] Univ Wurzburg, Dept Biol, D-97072 Wurzburg, Germany

来源：

NATURE | 2000年 / 403卷 / 6765期

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D O I：

10.1038/47396

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Changes in bone metabolism enable these adult lizards to reversibly alter their length.

引用

页码：37 / 38

页数：2

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