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Temperatur als wesentlicher Parameter für die Grössenabhängigkeit von Lebensvorgängen

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(1) The influence of temperature on the dependence of tissue-respiration upon body-size is examined in those tissues of cold- and warm-blooded animals, which are similar with respect to their general enzymatic activity, namely the skin of frogs (‘intraspecific comparison’) and the liver of mice, rats, and guinea pigs (‘interspecific comparison’).

(2) In both tissues the respiration decreases more, with increasing body-size, at higher temperature than at lower temperature.

(3) This effect of temperature on size-dependent activities is possibly rather common. When poikilothermic and homoiothermic animals are compared, these relationships must be considered.

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Locker, A. Temperatur als wesentlicher Parameter für die Grössenabhängigkeit von Lebensvorgängen. Experientia 15, 100–101 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02166695

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