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Effects of metabolite levels on hibernation of ground squirrels

Hack, Madeline
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Navidi, William Cyrus
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2017
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2010-2019 - Mines Theses & Dissertations
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https://hdl.handle.net/11124/171845
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Hibernation is a state of inactivity and metabolic depression found in several animals. For most of hibernation, animals experience a state of deep torpor. It reduces metabolic, heart, and respiratory rates while dropping body temperatures to around 0°C. However, while in winter hibernation, it has been observed that animals regularly reverse torpor at measurable intervals. Methodologies to identify the metabolite levels of interest are presented in this analysis. Variables such as time, body temperature, and weight loss were used to explore metobolite responses through means of linear, harmonic, and stepwise regression. As a result, several metabolite levels were found to be associated with the euthermic-torpor cycling in ground squirrels.
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