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Ecological physiology of diet and digestive systems.
Annual review of physiology - 1 Jan 2011
Karasov William H, Martínez del Rio Carlos, Caviedes-Vidal Enrique
Abstract excerpt
The morphological and functional design of gastrointestinal tracts of many vertebrates and invertebrates can be explained largely by the interaction between diet chemical constituents and principles of economic design, both of which are embodied in chemical reactor models of gut function. Natural selection seems to have led to the expression of digestive features that approximately match digestive capacities with...
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