Metabolic changes to GLUT-4 levels in urban Chacma baboons on the Cape Peninsula: raiding their way to type 2 diabetes?

The Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) of the Cape Peninsula are established raiders of human food, leading to widespread conflict between this intelligent, adaptable species and humans. The modern Western diet that these baboons have become exposed to has many deleterious effects on health, including o...

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Main Author: Van Velden, Julia
Other Authors: Reed, Cecile C
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7626