Browsing Iverson, Sara by Author "Cooper, MH"

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  • Demonstration of the deposition and modification of dietary fatty acids in pinniped blubber using radiolabelled precursors 

    Budge, SM, MH Cooper, and SJ Iverson. 2004. "Demonstration of the deposition and modification of dietary fatty acids in pinniped blubber using radiolabelled precursors." Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77(4): 682-687. Copyright © 2004 The University of Chicago Press.
    Radioisotopes are commonly used to study the in vivo metabolism and deposition of dietary fatty acids in adipose tissue. The application of this approach to pinnipeds is problematic because of their large mass and blubber ...