Birth mass is the key to understanding the negative correlation between lifespan and body size in dogs

Larger dog breeds live shorter than the smaller ones, opposite of the mass-lifespan relationship observed across mammalian species. Here we use data from 90 dog breeds and a theoretical model based on the first principles of energy conservation and life history tradeoffs to explain the negative corr...

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Autores principales: Fan, Rong, Olbricht, Gayla, Baker, Xavior, Hou, Chen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Impact Journals LLC 2016
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Research Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5270664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27956710
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.101081

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5270664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27956710
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.101081

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