Higher Altitude and Lower Temperature Regulate the Body Mass and Energy Metabolism in Male Eothenomys miletus
Yue Ren1, Peng-Fei Liu2, Wan-Long Zhu1,*,Hao Zhang1 and Jin-Hong Cai1
1Key Laboratory of Ecological Adaptive Evolution and Conservation on Animals-Plants in Southwest Mountain Ecosystem of Yunnan Province Higher Institutes College, School of Life Science of Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
2College of Life Science and Technology, Longdong University, Qingyang 745000, China
Yue Ren and Peng-Fei Liu have contributed equally to this work.
* Corresponding author: zwl_8307@yahoo.com
Fig. 1.
Changes of body mass in Eothenomys miletus from five areas in different seasons. Different superscripts in each row indicate significant difference (P < 0.05) among different areas.
Fig. 2.
Changes of serum leptin levels in Eothenomys miletus from five areas in different seasons. Different superscripts in each row indicate significant difference (P < 0.05) among different areas.
Fig. 3.
Changes of resting metabolic rate in Eothenomys miletus from five areas in different seasons. Different superscripts in each row indicate significant difference (P < 0.05) among different areas.
Fig. 4.
Changes of non-shivering thermogenesis in Eothenomys miletus from five areas in different seasons. Different superscripts in each row indicate significant difference (P < 0.05) among different areas.
Fig. 5.
Changes of food intake in Eothenomys miletus from five areas in different seasons. Different superscripts in each row indicate significant difference (P < 0.05) among different areas.
Fig. 6.
Changes of NPY (A), AgRP (B), POMC (C) and CART (D) in Eothenomys miletus from five areas in different seasons. Different superscripts in each row indicate significant difference (P < 0.05) among different areas.