Apodemus Draco Physiological and Hepatic Metabolomic Responses to Temperature and Diet

Hepatic metabolomic and physiological data from a controlled study on the endemic rodent Apodemus draco. The dataset includes results from indoor interactive experiments with photoperiod-temperature and temperature-diet treatments, measuring body weight, fat mass, serum leptin, resting metabolic rate, and non-shivering thermogenesis. Ran Zhang published the 45.8 KB XLSX file on figshare in June 2026 under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling temperature-driven metabolic network remodeling based on hepatic metabolomic profiles.
• Analyzing the interaction between diet and temperature on physiological phenotypes like body weight and fat mass.
• Investigating the fine regulatory effects of photoperiod on metabolite abundance mentioned in the description.
• Studying thermogenesis mechanisms through indicators like non-shivering thermogenesis and cytochrome c oxidase activity.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a controlled experimental design with specified treatments (e.g., 16L:8D/8L:16D photoperiods, 5 °C/30 °C temperatures).
• Includes multiple measured physiological indicators such as resting metabolic rate, serum leptin, and hepatic mitochondrial protein content.
• Hepatic metabolomic analysis was performed via GC-MS, providing a molecular perspective on adaptation.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 45.8 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Ran Zhang.

Collection Method

Combined summer and winter field observations with indoor interactive experiments on captured animals.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 07:21:09; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Study focuses on the endemic species Apodemus draco from the Hengduan Mountains.