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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Impact Journals LLC
2016
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| 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 |