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1 March 2011 Muscle Membrane Phospholipid Class Composition in White-Throated Sparrows in Relation to Migration
Jeremy Springer, Edwin R. Price, Raymond Thomas, Christopher G. Guglielmo
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Abstract

We document seasonal changes in the ratio of phosphatidylcholine (PC) to phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) in pectoralis muscles of captive and wild White-throated Sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis). We manipulated day length in captive sparrows to induce ‘winter’ or ‘migratory’ condition. The PC/PE ratio in these sparrows was 1.87 ± 0.11 (mean ± SE), and did not vary significantly between treatments. However, the PC/PE ratio was higher in wild adult sparrows in winter (1.90 ± 0.19) than those caught in migration (1.20 ± 0.13 in spring; 1.37 ± 0.14 in fall). No effect of migratory state on PC/PE ratio was found among wild juveniles (1.32 ± 0.09 in fall, 1.18 ± 0.14 in winter). Seasonal changes to PC/PE ratios may be a result of migratory exercise, rather than migratory condition per se.

Jeremy Springer, Edwin R. Price, Raymond Thomas, and Christopher G. Guglielmo "Muscle Membrane Phospholipid Class Composition in White-Throated Sparrows in Relation to Migration," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123(1), 116-120, (1 March 2011). https://doi.org/10.1676/10-073.1
Received: 30 April 2010; Accepted: 1 September 2010; Published: 1 March 2011
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