Hematologic adaptation to the subterranean environment by the naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber (Ctenohystrica: Heterocephalidae)
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DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa053
Abstract: One method burrowing animals are hypothesized to use in adapting to the presumed hypoxic subterranean environment is increasing the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood. A number of recent studies have examined hematologic parameters in laboratory-reared naked… read more here.
Keywords: mole rats; chemistry; naked mole; subterranean environment ... See more keywords