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Embryos in the Fast Lane: High-Temperature Heart Rates of Turtles Decline After Hatching
In ectotherms such as turtles, the relationship between cardiovascular function and temperature may be subject to different selective pressures in different life-history stages. Because embryos benefit by developing as rapidly as possible, and can “afford” to expend energy to do so (because they hav...
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Public Library of Science
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2835746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20224773 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009557 |