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Phenotypic plasticity in blood-oxygen transport in highland and lowland deer mice.
The Journal of experimental biology - 1 Apr 2013
Tufts Danielle M, Revsbech Inge G, Cheviron Zachary A, Weber Roy E, Fago Angela, Storz Jay F
Abstract excerpt
In vertebrates living at high altitude, arterial hypoxemia may be ameliorated by reversible changes in the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood (regulated by erythropoiesis) and/or changes in blood-oxygen affinity (regulated by allosteric effectors of hemoglobin function). These hematological traits often differ between taxa that are native to different elevational zones, but it is often unknown whether the...
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