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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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| 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 |