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Reproductive thermoregulation in marine mammals
- Source :
- American Scientist. Sept-Oct, 1998, Vol. 86 Issue 5, p440, 9 p.
- Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- How do male cetaceans and seals keep their testes cool without a scrotum? It turns out to be the same mechanism that keeps the fetus cool in a pregnant female [...]
- Subjects :
- Uterus -- Blood-vessels
Blood vessels -- Physiological aspects
Uterine circulation -- Physiological aspects
Marine mammals -- Physiological aspects
Delphinidae -- Physiological aspects
Body temperature -- Regulation
Testis -- Physiological aspects
Dolphins -- Physiological aspects
Seals (Animals) -- Physiological aspects
Science and technology
Physiological aspects
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00030996
- Volume :
- 86
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- American Scientist
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.21093245