The role of gravity in the evolution of mammalian blood pressure

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 901-908

  White, Craig R ^a   Seymour, Roger S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; PGLS; Scaling; Siphon

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; COMPENSATION; ELEPHANT; GRAVITY FIELD; NONLINEARITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; SCALE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; GENETICS; GRAVITY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PGLS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCALING; SIPHON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLOMETRY; PGLS; SCALING; SIPHON;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GRAVITATION; MAMMALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896703652     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12298     Document Type: Article

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