A Note on the Oxygen Requirements of Xenopus Laevis
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- 1 June 1957
- journal article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Journal of Experimental Biology
- Vol. 34 (2) , 173-176
- https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.34.2.173
Abstract
1. It is shown that survival in Xenopus is not dependent upon the presence in the blood of a functional respiratory pigment. 2. The implications of this finding are discussed in relation to the possibility of selective distribution of the blood to different parts of the body.Keywords
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