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This involves a compensatory response (
homeorhesis) involving follicular recruitment, dominance and selection.
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Two physiologic processes control partitioning of nutrients: homeostasis which operates continuously and maintains steady state conditions in the body;
homeorhesis which involves chronic redistribution of nutrients depending upon the priorities of specific tissues at specific times [5].
The BCS at calving explains the concept of
homeorhesis, which was defined decades ago as a set of metabolic alterations in the animal that has a genetic key to safeguard important biological functions such as the survival of the newborn (through milk provision) or reproduction [18].
Resilience and
homeorhesis of Mediterranean shrublands.
Homeorhesis is not a static condition but a stable equilibrium between equilibrium and disequilibrium.