Seasonal changes in the liver of a non-hibernating population of water frogs, Pelophylax kl. esculentus (Anura: Ranidae)

Seasonal variation of liver glycogen, lipids and melanomacrophages were investigated in a non-hibernating population of Pelophylax kl. esculentus from Calabria by histochemical methods and computer-assisted image analysis. Twenty individuals of both sexes were sampled in a tank in Roseto Capo Spulic...

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Main Authors: D. Mentino, G. Scillitani, M. Marra, M. Mastrodonato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:The European Zoological Journal
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2017.1395482