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Oxygen transport system of high-altitude bird embryos

  • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • University of Colorado Boulder

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Abstract

In the absence of its mother's protection, a bird embryo incubated at high altitude must detect its hypoxic condition and regulate its oxygen transport so as to hatch and grow with the same efficiency as it would at sea level.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)121-125
Number of pages5
JournalNews in Physiological Sciences
Volume12
Issue number3
StatePublished - Jun 1997

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