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Is Aquatic Life Correlated with an Increased Hematocrit in Snakes?
BACKGROUND: Physiological adaptations that allow air-breathing vertebrates to remain underwater for long periods mainly involve modifications of the respiratory system, essentially through increased oxygen reserves. Physiological constraints on dive duration tend to be less critical for ectotherms t...
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040194/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21359216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017077 |