Paracellular Absorption: A Bat Breaks the Mammal Paradigm

Bats tend to have less intestinal tissue than comparably sized nonflying mammals. The corresponding reduction in intestinal volume and hence mass of digesta carried is advantageous because the costs of flight increase with load carried and because take-off and maneuverability are diminished at heavi...

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Autores principales: Caviedes-Vidal, Enrique, Karasov, William H., Chediack, Juan Gabriel, Fasulo, Verónica, Cruz-Neto, Ariovaldo P., Otani, Lye
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2173942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18183305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001425

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2173942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18183305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001425

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