Metabolic responses of plasma to extreme environments in overwintering Tibetan frogs Nanorana parkeri: a metabolome integrated analysis

Abstract Many animals lower their metabolic rate in response to low temperatures and scarcity of food in the winter in phenomena called hibernation or overwintering. Living at high altitude on the Tibetan Plateau where winters are very cold, the frog Nanorana parkeri, survives in one of the most hos...

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Main Authors: Yonggang Niu, Xuejing Zhang, Haiying Zhang, Tisen Xu, Lifeng Zhu, Kenneth B. Storey, Qiang Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-021-00428-7