Plasticity of Respiratory Function Accommodates High Oxygen Demand in Breeding Sea Cucumbers

Physiological plasticity allows animals to adjust their physiological function to abiotic and biotic variations. It has been mostly studied in the context of response to external factors and not much is known on how animals adjust their physiology to cope with variations in internal conditions. The...

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Main Authors: Xiaoshang Ru, Libin Zhang, Shilin Liu, Hongsheng Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.00283/full