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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 ...