Functional histology of the skin in the subterranean African giant mole-rat: thermal windows are determined solely by pelage characteristics

Excavation of burrows is an extremely physically demanding activity producing a large amount of metabolic heat. Dissipation of its surplus is crucial to avoid the risk of overheating, but in subterranean mammals it is complicated due to the absence of notable body extremities and high humidity in th...

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Autores principales: Pleštilová, Lucie, Okrouhlík, Jan, Burda, Hynek, Sehadová, Hana, Valesky, Eva M., Šumbera, Radim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2020
Materias:
Zoology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7150539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32296606
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8883

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7150539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32296606
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8883

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