Phase Contrast Imaging Reveals Low Lung Volumes and Surface Areas in the Developing Marsupial

Marsupials are born with immature lungs when compared to eutherian mammals and rely, to various extents, on cutaneous gas exchange in order to meet metabolic requirements. Indeed, the fat-tailed dunnart is born with lungs in the canalicular stage of development and relies almost entirely on the skin...

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Autores principales: Simpson, Shannon J., Siu, Karen K. W., Yagi, Naoto, Whitley, Jane C., Lewis, Robert A., Frappell, Peter B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23349744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053805

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23349744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053805

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