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Blood oxygen transport and delivery in reptiles
(Oxford University Press: American Zoologist, 1980)
Cenozoic reptiles are characterized by physiological morphological and ecological systems with low energy requirements compared to those of mammals. Ectothermy and low resting rates of metabolism are the primary physiological ...
Ontogenetic change in molecular and functional properties of blood of garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis
(Wiley: Journal of Experimental Zoology, 1977-07)
At birth the blood of garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) has high oxygen affinity (P50 at 25°C and pH 7.2 = 21 mm Hg), low hematocrit (14%), and a high proportion of inactive hemoglobin (44%). Growth of the snakes is ...