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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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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2008
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| 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 |