SICB Divisions
- Animal Behavior
- Botany
- Comparative Biomechanics
- Comparative Endocrinology
- Comp. Physiol. Biochemistry
- Ecoimmunology & Disease Ecology
- Evol. Developmental Biology
- Ecology & Evolution
- Invertebrate Zoology
- Neurobiology, Neuroethology & Sensory Biol.
- Phylogenetics and Comparative Biol.
(formerly: Systematic and Evolutionary Biol.) - Vertebrate Morphology
SICB Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (DCPB)
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| Stephen Secor Measuring blood flow in a python |
| Stephen Secor and a graduate student (Shelley Spann) and an undergraduate student (Jason Barton) measuring blood flow through the superior mesenteric artery and hepatic portal vein of a 12 kg python crawling down the hallway in the Biology Building at the University of Alabama. This measurement is part of a study to investigate the differential allocation of blood flow during exercise and digestion in pythons. For this snake, blood flow through those vessels decreased by 50% during exercise, but increased by 800% to 1500% during digestion. |