Turning crocodilian hearts into bird hearts: Growth rates are similar for alligators with and without right-to-left cardiac shunt

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2673-2680

  Eme, John ^a   Gwalthney, June ^a   Owerkowicz, Tomasz ^a   Blank, Jason M ^b   Hicks, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac hypertrophy; Cardiac shunt; Crocodilian; Exercise; Fitness; Growth; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CROCODILIAN;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); REPTILIA;

EID: 77954842161     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.042051     Document Type: Article

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