The electrocardiogram of vertebrates: Evolutionary changes from ectothermy to endothermy.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.08.005
Abstract: The electrocardiogram (ECG) reveals that heart chamber activation and repolarization are much faster in mammals and birds compared to ectothermic vertebrates of similar size. Temperature, however, affects electrophysiology of the heart and most data from… read more here.
Keywords: vertebrates evolutionary; chamber activation; electrocardiogram vertebrates; evolutionary changes ... See more keywords