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Rate basal metabolic

rate, basal metabolic

A measure of the rate of metabolism. For example, someone with an overly active thyroid will have an elevated basal metabolic rate.


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Mathematical Biology, metabolism, origins of life, evolution

... former, Addy Pross the latter. Shapiro enumerates 5 requirements for metabolism to have made ... of Kleiber's Law that includes the term for metabolic efficiency (ME). The equation deals with ... nature of aging in terms of antagonism between basal and field or organism metabolic rate; explains ...

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by GregorioKelly
Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:19 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Mathematical Biology, metabolism, origins of life, evolution
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New Life

... anatomy book, like Kardong's "Vertebrates". It even explains the mechanism behind these ... by Kardong 2nd ed. (from a figure): "Reduced basal metabolism requires only infrequent breating. ... it enters a gestative stage during which its metabolic rate drops and its respiratory requirements ...

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by clarence
Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:21 pm
 
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Topic: New Life
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