Ecological and evolutionary physiologyAnimalsPectoralis MusclesAcclimatizationSeasonsSparrows
Pectoralis Muscle Fiber Diameter and Myonuclear Domain Remain Unchanged in Winter-Phenotype House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) Acclimated to Stable Warm, Stable Cold, and Fluctuating Cold Thermal Treatments.
Ana Gabriela Jiménez, Chelsi Marolf, David L Swanson
Published: 202510.1086/736955
Abstract
AbstractPhenotypic flexibility can allow for reversible changes in adult phenotypes according to prevailing environmental conditions, a concept referred to as environmental matching. Increasing thermal variability across seasons is one of the predict…
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