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Speckles of cryptic black-headed gull eggs show no mechanical or conductance structural function
- 1.0365742 - FGÚ 2012 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Maurer, G. - Portugal, S. J. - Mikšík, Ivan - Cassey, P.
Speckles of cryptic black-headed gull eggs show no mechanical or conductance structural function.
Journal of Zoology. Roč. 285, č. 3 (2011), s. 194-204. ISSN 0952-8369. E-ISSN 1469-7998
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z50110509
Klíčová slova: eggshell * pigmentation * porphyrin
Kód oboru RIV: ED - Fyziologie
Impakt faktor: 2.043, rok: 2011
We investigated whether protoporphyrin-based pigmentation of eggshell affects shell thinning. We concluded that protoporphyrin speckling does not fulfil a structural function in gull eggs. We propose that the mechanical and water vapour conductance functions of shell speckling need to be evaluated as separate hypotheses and that both functions could, in fact, negatively affect each other
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0200914
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