Cell size is positively correlated between different tissues in passerine birds and amphibians, but not necessarily in mammals

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 792-796

  Kozlowski, J ^a   Czarnoleski, M ^a   Francois Krassowska A ^b   MacIak, S ^c   Pis, T ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cellular architecture; Erythrocytes; Metabolic rate; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AMPHIBIAN; BODY MASS; CORRELATION; CYTOLOGY; PASSERINE; SMALL MAMMAL; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; RODENTIA;

EID: 78649859308     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0288     Document Type: Article

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