Relationship of hepatocyte ploidy levels with body size and growth rate in mammals

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To elucidate possible causes of the elevation of genome number in somatic cells, hepatocyte ploidy levels were measured cytofluorimetrically and related to the organismal parameters (body size, postnatal growth rate, and postnatal development type) in 53 mammalian species. Metabolic scope (ratio of maximal metabolic rate to basal metabolic rate) was also included in 23 species. Body masses ranged 10(5) times, and...

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