Higher resting metabolic rate in long-lived breeding Ansell’s mole-rats (Fukomys anselli)
Abstract Background Reproduction is an energetically expensive process that supposedly impairs somatic integrity in the long term, because resources are limited and have to be allocated between reproduction and somatic maintenance, as predicted by the life history trade-off model. The consequence of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-017-0229-6 |