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Respiratory Adaptations

Respiratory Adaptations is a biological construct that refers to inherited or acquired physiological and metabolic modifications in organisms—ranging from mammals to microorganisms—that enhance the efficiency and regulation of gas exchange and energy production in response to environmental or developmental challenges.

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2017–2026

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Energy metabolism as related to body size and respiratory surfaces, and its evolution

Axel M. Hemmingsen, Edvard A. Hemmingsen, Sean M. Hemmingsen · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1960 · 864 citations

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Air-Breathing Fishes: Evolution, Diversity, and Adaptation

Karen L. M. Martin, Jeffrey B. Graham · Copeia · 1998 · 525 citations

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Design of the mammalian respiratory system. III. Scaling maximum aerobic capacity to body mass: Wild and domestic mammals

C. Richard Taylor, G. M. O. Maloiy, Ewald R. Weibel et al. · Respiration Physiology · 1981 · 336 citations

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Mitochondrial respiratory-chain adaptations in macrophages contribute to antibacterial host defense

Johan Garaude, Rebeca Acín‐Pérez, Sarai Martínez-Cano et al. · Nature Immunology · 2016 · 309 citations

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Air-breathing fishes: evolution, diversity, and adaptation

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 238 citations

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Authors

694

  1. ER
    Ewald R. Weibel

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    9 publications · 996 citations

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  2. HH
    Hans Hoppeler

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    8 publications · 708 citations

    8

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  3. CR
    C. Richard Taylor

    Harvard University, United States

    8 publications · 673 citations

    8

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  4. RH
    Richard H. Karas

    Tufts Medical Center, United States

    6 publications · 505 citations

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  5. CG
    Clarke G. Tankersley

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    5 publications · 486 citations

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Institutions

269

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    14 h-index

    36 publications

    4.5K citations

  2. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    11 h-index

    32 publications

    2.5K citations

  3. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    29 publications

    1K citations

  5. Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

    Düsseldorf, Germany

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    598 citations

  6. Station Biologique de Roscoff

    Roscoff, France

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    466 citations

  7. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    604 citations

  8. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    979 citations

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  1. Respiration Physiology

    21 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Physiology

    20 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Journal of Experimental Biology

    11 publications · 632 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 6 publications · 408 citations

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