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Distinguishing between determinate and indeterminate growth in a long-lived mammal
BACKGROUND: The growth strategy of a species influences many key aspects of its life-history. Animals can either grow indeterminately (throughout life), or grow determinately, ceasing at maturity. In mammals, continued weight gain after maturity is clearly distinguishable from continued skeletal gro...
Autores principales: | Mumby, Hannah S., Chapman, Simon N., Crawley, Jennie A. H., Mar, Khyne U., Htut, Win, Thura Soe, Aung, Aung, Htoo Htoo, Lummaa, Virpi |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4604763/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26464339 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0487-x |
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