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Gill function in an early arthropod and the widespread adoption of the countercurrent exchange mechanism

Rising but fluctuating oxygen levels in the Early Palaeozoic provide an environmental context for the radiation of early metazoans, but little is known about how mechanistically early animals satisfied their oxygen requirements. Here we propose that the countercurrent gaseous exchange, a highly effi...

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Autores principales: Hou, Jin-Bo, Hughes, Nigel C., Hopkins, Melanie J., Shu, Degan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10427831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37593708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230341