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cold-blooded
(redirected from ectothermic)

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Using their combined experience, the authors set out to determine whether a variety of dinosaurs and closely related extinct animals were endothermic (warm-blooded) or ectothermic (cold-blooded), and when, where and how often in the dinosaur family tree this important trait may have evolved.
Many ectothermic vertebrates undergo large diurnal and seasonal fluctuations in body temperature with associated changes in metabolism and in cardio-respiratory function (Wang et al.
 
 
 
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