A review of thermoregulation and physiological performance in reptiles: what is the role of phenotypic flexibility?

doi:10.1007/s00360-005-0010-6

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A review of thermoregulation and physiological performance in reptiles: what is the role of phenotypic flexibility?

Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology - 1 Oct 2005

Seebacher Frank

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Biological functions are dependent on the temperature of the organism. Animals may respond to fluctuation in the thermal environment by regulating their body temperature and by modifying physiological and biochemical rates. Phenotypic flexibility (reversible phenotypic plasticity, acclimation, or acclimatisation in rate functions occurs in all major taxonomic groups and may be considered as an ancestral...

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Acclimatization
Animals
Body Temperature Regulation
Marine Biology
Models, Biological
Oxygen Consumption
Phenotype
Reptiles

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PMID: 16034580
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0010-6

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