Corpus ID: 82445729

Fat bodies and liver mass cycles in Sceloporus grammicus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from southern Hidalgo, México

@inproceedings{Bautista2009FatBA,
  title={Fat bodies and liver mass cycles in Sceloporus grammicus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from southern Hidalgo, M{\'e}xico},
  author={A. R. Bautista},
  year={2009}
}

• A. R. Bautista
• Published 2009
• Biology

—We describe changes in liver and fat body mass of males and females of the viviparous lizard, Sceloporus grammicus from southeastern Hidalgo, México. The changes in the masses of the liver and fat bodies of males and females are usually asynchronous. Typically, reproductively active males and females deplete fat body reserves and experience increased liver mass. However, we observed maximum fat body and liver masses during spermatogenesis (July-August) and vitellogenesis (July-November). In… Expand

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