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  • Nasal turbinates and the evolution of mammalian endothermy

    Creator:
    Hillenius, Willem J.
    Abstract:
    Although endothermy is one of the most significant evolutionary developments in the vertebrates, its origins among extinct taxa have traditionally been difficult to determine. Endothermy is primarily an attribute of the "soft anatomy," and its key features, such as complex lungs, elevated blood oxygen carrying capacity and mitochondrial density, do...
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    Dissertation
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    loss represents only 13% - 56% of total evaporative water loss in reptiles (Tracy 1982), which have