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The physiology of lipid storage and use in reptiles by Price, Edwin R.

“…ABSTRACT Lipid metabolism is central to understanding whole‐animal energetics. Reptiles store most excess energy in lipid form, mobilise those lipids when…”
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Dietary lipid composition and avian migratory flight performance: Development of a theoretical framework for avian fat storage by Price, Edwin R.

“…Birds rely substantially on fat to fuel migratory flights. The importance of the composition of those fat stores to flight performance is a field of recent…”
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The effect of muscle phospholipid fatty acid composition on exercise performance: a direct test in the migratory white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) by Price, Edwin R, Guglielmo, Christopher G

“…Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) can have various effects on animal physiology through their roles as energy, structural, regulatory, and signaling…”
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The membrane pacemaker hypothesis: novel tests during the ontogeny of endothermy by Price, Edwin R, Sirsat, Tushar S, Sirsat, Sarah K G, Curran, Thomas, Venables, Barney J, Dzialowski, Edward M

“…The 'membrane pacemaker' hypothesis proposes a biochemical explanation for among-species variation in resting metabolism, based on the positive correlation…”
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Preparing for Migration? The Effects of Photoperiod and Exercise on Muscle Oxidative Enzymes, Lipid Transporters, and Phospholipids in White‐Crowned Sparrows by Price, Edwin R., McFarlan, Jay T., Guglielmo, Christopher G.

“…The extreme energetic demands of avian migration result in various physiological changes that can be observed during the migratory period. However, the degree…”
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The effects of exposure to crude oil or PAHs on fish swim bladder development and function by Price, Edwin R., Mager, Edward M.

“…The failure of the swim bladder to inflate during fish development is a common and sensitive response to exposure to petrochemicals. Here, we review potential…”
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Development of endothermy in birds: patterns and mechanisms by Price, Edwin R., Dzialowski, Edward M.

“…Endothermy is a conspicuous and important adaptation in birds. Even though juvenile and adult birds are endothermic and maintain a constant, high body…”
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Post-hatching development of mitochondrial function, organ mass and metabolic rate in two ectotherms, the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) by Sirsat, Sarah K G, Sirsat, Tushar S, Price, Edwin R, Dzialowski, Edward M

“…The ontogeny of endothermy in birds is associated with disproportionate growth of thermogenic organs and increased mitochondrial oxidative capacity. However,…”
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Digestive adaptations of aerial lifestyles by Price, Edwin R, Brun, Antonio, Caviedes-Vidal, Enrique, Karasov, William H

“…Flying vertebrates (birds and bats) are under selective pressure to reduce the size of the gut and the mass of the digesta it carries. Compared with…”
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Exposure of zebrafish larvae to water accommodated fractions of weathered crude oil alters steroid hormone concentrations with minimal effect on cholesterol by Price, Edwin R., Bonatesta, Fabrizio, McGruer, Victoria, Schlenk, Daniel, Roberts, Aaron P., Mager, Edward M.

“…•Cholesterol homeostasis is disrupted by exposure of early life stage fish to weathered crude oil.•After exposure to weathered crude oil, zebrafish had only…”
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The developing zebrafish kidney is impaired by Deepwater Horizon crude oil early-life stage exposure: A molecular to whole-organism perspective by Bonatesta, Fabrizio, Emadi, Cameron, Price, Edwin R., Wang, Yadong, Greer, Justin B., Xu, Elvis Genbo, Schlenk, Daniel, Grosell, Martin, Mager, Edward M.

“…Crude oil is known to induce developmental defects in teleost fish exposed during early life stages (ELSs). While most studies in recent years have focused on…”
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The effects of training, acute exercise and dietary fatty acid composition on muscle lipid oxidative capacity in European starlings by Price, Edwin R., Bauchinger, Ulf, McWilliams, Scott R., Boyles, Michelle L., Langlois, Lillie A., Gerson, Alexander R., Guglielmo, Christopher G.

“…ABSTRACT Migratory birds undergo seasonal changes to muscle biochemistry. Nonetheless, it is unclear to what extent these changes are attributable to the…”
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Ecosystem engineers show variable impacts on habitat availability for cavity nesters in South American temperate forests by Cuatianquiz Lima, Cecilia, Altamirano, Tomás A, Jara, Rocío, Price, Edwin R, Novoa, Fernando J, Ibarra, José Tomás

“…Abstract Ecosystem engineers are organisms that impact their environment and co-existing species by creating or modifying habitats, and thus they play…”
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Periodic breathing in the mouse by Han, Fang, Subramanian, Shyam, Price, Edwin R, Nadeau, Joseph, Strohl, Kingman P

“…1  Department of Medicine and 2  Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 The hypothesis was that unstable breathing…”
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Effects of Dissolved Organic Carbon, Ultraviolet Light and their Co‐Exposure on Deepwater Horizon crude oil acute toxicity to larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) by Bonatesta, Fabrizio, Leads, Rachel R, Price, Edwin R., Roberts, Aaron P., Mager, Edward M.

“…In the aquatic environment, ubiquitous natural factors such as ultraviolet light (UV) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) are likely to influence crude oil…”
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Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) activity during the transition to endothermy in an altricial bird by Price, Edwin R., Sirsat, Tushar S., Sirsat, Sarah K. G., Dzialowski, Edward M.

“…ABSTRACT Sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) is a transmembrane pump critical to muscle calcium cycling during contraction, and SERCA has also…”
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BCLA CLEAR presbyopia: Management with scleral techniques, lens softening, pharmaceutical and nutritional therapies by Naroo, Shehzad A., Woods, Craig A., Gil-Cazorla, Raquel, Ang, Robert E., Collazos, Mariana, Eperjesi, Frank, Guillon, Michel, Hipsley, AnnMarie, Jackson, Mitchell A., Price, Edwin R., Wolffsohn, James S.

“…The aging eye undergoes the same progressive crosslinking which occurs throughout the body, resulting in increased rigidity of ocular connective tissues…”
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Respiratory quotient: Effects of fatty acid composition by Price, Edwin R., Mager, Edward M.

“…Respiratory quotient (RQ) is commonly used to infer which substrates are oxidized, with glucose yielding RQ = 1 and fat normally thought to yield an average of…”
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Physiological determinants of the internesting interval in sea turtles: a novel 'water-limitation' hypothesis by Price, Edwin R, Sotherland, Paul R, Wallace, Bryan P, Spotila, James R, Dzialowski, Edward M

“…The internesting interval separates successive clutches of sea turtle eggs, and its duration varies both among and within species. Here, we review the…”
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Selective mobilization of fatty acids from adipose tissue in migratory birds by Price, Edwin R, Krokfors, Anna, Guglielmo, Christopher G

“…During times of high energy demand, stored fatty acids are mobilized from adipocytes. This mobilization has previously been shown to be a non-random process,…”
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