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A strong response to selection on mass-independent maximal metabolic rate without a correlated response in basal metabolic rate.
Heredity - 1 Apr 2015
Wone B W M, Madsen P, Donovan E R, Labocha M K, Sears M W, Downs C J, Sorensen D A, Hayes J P
Abstract excerpt
Metabolic rates are correlated with many aspects of ecology, but how selection on different aspects of metabolic rates affects their mutual evolution is poorly understood. Using laboratory mice, we artificially selected for high maximal mass-independent metabolic rate (MMR) without direct selection on mass-independent basal metabolic rate (BMR). Then we tested for responses to selection in MMR and correlated...
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