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Heart rates increase after hatching in two species of natricine snakes

Experimental studies have shown heart rates to decrease from embryo to hatchling stage in turtles, remain steady in skinks, and increase in birds. However, no snake species has been studied in this regard. I recorded heart rate evolution trajectories from embryo to juvenile stage in 78 eggs from two...

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Autor principal: Aubret, Fabien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3843164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24287712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep03384