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The use of heart rate to estimate metabolic rate in the early embryonic stages of the Eastern Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulates
Description
There are numerous strategies for determining an organism's metabolic rate, one of which is the heart rate method. The heart rate method is based on a relationship between an organism's heart rate and its oxygen consumption (V(O2)). Although validations of the heart rate method have focused on adult animals, researchers could benefit from applying this method to embryonic animals. In this study, the heart rate's reliability as an indicator of oxygen consumption in early stage embryos of reptiles (or more specifically, lizards) is evaluated. The focus is primarily on the earliest stages of cardiovascular detection. The results suggest that while it may be possible to use a reliable heart rate method to find an accurate value for oxygen consumption of a group of early embryos in lizards if the oxygen pulse can be accurately identified, it is more likely that in the earliest stages of cardiovascular development, the heart rate cannot serve as a reliable indicator of V(O2) because it may not be the primary manner in which oxygen is distributed in Sceloporus undulatus.
Date Created
2013-05
Contributors
- Hambsch, Zakary Jordan (Author)
- Angilletta, Michael (Thesis director)
- DeNardo, Dale (Committee member)
- Condon, Catriona (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- School of Life Sciences (Contributor)
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9 pages
Language
eng
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In Copyright
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Academic Year 2012-2013
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.17168
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