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Seasonal reproductive endothermy in tegu lizards

With some notable exceptions, small ectothermic vertebrates are incapable of endogenously sustaining a body temperature substantially above ambient temperature. This view was challenged by our observations of nighttime body temperatures sustained well above ambient (up to 10°C) during the reproducti...

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Autores principales: Tattersall, Glenn J., Leite, Cleo A. C., Sanders, Colin E., Cadena, Viviana, Andrade, Denis V., Abe, Augusto S., Milsom, William K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26844295
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500951