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1. Oxygen consumption of the triploidGasterosteus aculeatus and their diploid controls has been determined by Winkler’s method.
2. Triploids take less oxygen than the diploids.
3. The difference in the rate of respiration of triploid and diploid fish is significant if calculated per unit area of body surface instead of per gm. of body weight.
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Swarup, H. The oxygen consumption of diploid and triploidGasterosteus aculeatus (L). J Genet 56, 156–160 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984742
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