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Higher resting metabolic rate in long-lived breeding Ansell’s mole-rats (Fukomys anselli)

BACKGROUND: Reproduction is an energetically expensive process that supposedly impairs somatic integrity in the long term, because resources are limited and have to be allocated between reproduction and somatic maintenance, as predicted by the life history trade-off model. The consequence of reduced...

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Autores principales: Schielke, Charlotte Katharina Maria, Burda, Hynek, Henning, Yoshiyuki, Okrouhlík, Jan, Begall, Sabine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5610445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29018488
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0229-6