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Olivia Hagen and Maeve Kolk

BIO 342: Animal Behavior

Hibernation in Endotherms

References

References: Headliner

Storey, K. B. and Storey, J. M., 2007. Tribute to P. L. Lutz: putting life on ‘pause’ – molecular regulation of hypometabolism. J. Exp. Biol. 210, 1700-1714.

Staples, J.F., Brown, J.C.L., 2008. Mitochondrial metabolism in hibernation and daily torpor: a review. J. Comp. Physiol. B. 178, 811–827.

Staples, J.F., 2014. Metabolic suppression in mammalian hibernation: the role of mitochondria. J. Exp. Biol. 217, 2032–2036.

Ruby, N.F., Dark, J., Heller, C.H., Zucker, I., 1996. Ablation of Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Alters Timing of Hibernation in Ground Squirrels. PNAS. 93 (18): 9864-9868.

Buhr, E.D., Yoo, S.H., Takahashi, J.S., 2010. Temperature as a universal resetting cue for mammalian circadian oscillators. Science. 330(6002):379-85.

Wu, C.-W., Biggar, K. K., & Storey, K. B. (2013). Biochemical adaptations of mammalian hibernation: exploring squirrels as a perspective model for naturally induced reversible insulin resistance. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 46(1), 1–13.

Wang LCH, Lee TF. Torpor and hibernation in mammals: metabolic, physiological, and biochemical adaptations. In: Fregley MJ, Blatteis CM, editors. Handbook of physiology: environmental physiology. New York: Oxford University Press; 1996. pp. 507–532.

Morin P Jr., Storey KB. Mammalian hibernation: differential gene expression and novel application of epigenetic controls. Int J Dev Biol 2009; 53:433 - 42.

Tessier, S. N., & Storey, K. B. (2014). To be or not to be: the regulation of mRNA fate as a survival strategy during mammalian hibernation. Cell Stress & Chaperones, 19(6), 763–776.

Frozen frog pic: http://www.naturenorth.com/winter/frozen/Ffrozen2.html

Doormouse pic: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/adaptations/Hibernation

Cute Bat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernation

Ground squirrel in snow: http://alaskaphotographics.photoshelter.com/gallery/Arctic-ground-squirrel/G0000skgp9xuv4YA/C0000EZKo7bpVEFs

References: Testimonials

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