Relative Sizes of Reptilian Adrenals

dc.creator	Hartman, Frank A.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2005-10-01T03:02:23Z
dc.date.available	2005-10-01T03:02:23Z
dc.date.issued	1971-03	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	The Ohio Journal of Science. v71 n2 (March, 1971), 78-80	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0030-0950	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1811/5600
dc.description	Author Institution: Department of Physiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Among the reptiles, members of the families Colubridae and Elapidae have the largest adrenals (0.010 to 0.018 percent of total body weight). The values for the two species of Crotalidae are smaller (Sistrurus—0.0061 to 0.0081 and Crotalus—0.00139 percent). The adrenals of lizards are smaller than are those of the Colubridae (Basiliscus—0.0093 and Iguana—0.0074), those of a single specimen of Heloderma being lowest (0.0059 percent). The adrenals of the Testudinidae are similar to those of Heloderma (0.0057-0.0074 percent). These differences are probably gene controlled.	en_US
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dc.title	Relative Sizes of Reptilian Adrenals	en_US