Seasonal reproductive endothermy in tegu lizards

Glenn J. Tattersall; Cleo A. C. Leite; Colin E. Sanders; Viviana Cadena; Denis V. Andrade; Augusto S. Abe; William K. Milsom

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500951

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Seasonal reproductive endothermy in tegu lizards

Glenn J. Tattersall¹,²,*,†,
Cleo A. C. Leite²,³,*,†,
View ORCID ProfileColin E. Sanders³,‡,
Viviana Cadena¹,§,
View ORCID ProfileDenis V. Andrade²,⁴,
View ORCID ProfileAugusto S. Abe²,⁴ and
William K. Milsom²,⁵

¹Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada.
²National Institute of Science and Technology in Comparative Physiology (INCT–Fisiologia Comparada), 13505-060 Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
³Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴Department of Zoology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), 13506-900 Rio Claro, Brazil.
⁵Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada.

↵†Corresponding author. E-mail: gtatters{at}brocku.ca (G.J.T.); cleo.leite{at}ufscar.br (C.A.C.L.)

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
↵‡ Present address: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R3, Canada,
↵§ Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3010.

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Science Advances 22 Jan 2016:
Vol. 2, no. 1, e1500951
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500951

Glenn J. Tattersall

1Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada.

2National Institute of Science and Technology in Comparative Physiology (INCT–Fisiologia Comparada), 13505-060 Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.

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For correspondence: gtatters@brocku.ca cleo.leite@ufscar.br

Cleo A. C. Leite

2National Institute of Science and Technology in Comparative Physiology (INCT–Fisiologia Comparada), 13505-060 Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.

3Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.

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For correspondence: gtatters@brocku.ca cleo.leite@ufscar.br

Colin E. Sanders

3Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Viviana Cadena

1Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada.

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Denis V. Andrade

2National Institute of Science and Technology in Comparative Physiology (INCT–Fisiologia Comparada), 13505-060 Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.

4Department of Zoology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), 13506-900 Rio Claro, Brazil.

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Augusto S. Abe

2National Institute of Science and Technology in Comparative Physiology (INCT–Fisiologia Comparada), 13505-060 Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.

4Department of Zoology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), 13506-900 Rio Claro, Brazil.

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William K. Milsom

2National Institute of Science and Technology in Comparative Physiology (INCT–Fisiologia Comparada), 13505-060 Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.

5Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z4, Canada.

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