Heart rates increase after hatching in two species of natricine snakes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Aubret, Fabien ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; FEMALE; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; SNAKES;

EID: 84889586803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03384     Document Type: Article

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