The hypoxia tolerance of eight related African mole‐rat species rivals that of naked mole‐rats, despite divergent ventilatory and metabolic strategies in severe hypoxia

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Ivy, Catherine M.
Sprenger, Ryan J.
Bennett, Nigel Charles
Van Jaarsveld, Barry
Hart, Daniel William
Kirby, Alexia M.
Yaghoubi, Dadmehr
Storey, Kenneth B.
Milsom, William K.
Pamenter, Matthew E.

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Wiley

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Chemosensitivity, Control of breathing, Fossorial, Hypoxic metabolic response, Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), Hypoxic ventilatory response, Thermoregulation

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Ivy CM, Sprenger RJ, Bennett NC, et al. The hypoxia tolerance of eight related African mole-rat species rivals that of naked mole-rats, despite divergent ventilatory and metabolic strategies in severe hypoxia. Acta Physiologica 2020;228:e13436. https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.13436.