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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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Autores principales: Brischoux, François, Gartner, Gabriel E. A., Garland, Theodore, Bonnet, Xavier
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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