Penguin acclimatization to polar environmental constraints : a transcriptomic and integrative study in King (Aptenodytes patagonicus) and Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae).
King penguins have successfully colonized cold ecosystems of the southern hemisphere by developing physiological mechanisms that are not well understood. The aim of this study was to investigate, at different integrative levels from the gene to the whole animal, the functional responses developed by...
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Format: | Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis |
Language: | French |
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HAL CCSD
2011
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Online Access: | https://theses.hal.science/tel-00755130 https://theses.hal.science/tel-00755130/document https://theses.hal.science/tel-00755130/file/TH2011_Degletagne_Cyril.pdf |