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A 3D digital reconstruction of the components of the gas exchange tissue of the lung of the muscovy duck, Cairina moschata

scientific article published on May 2005

A clinical trial of buparvaquone in the treatment of East Coast fever

scientific article

A morphological and morphometric study of the prosimian lung: the lesser bushbaby Galago senegalensis

scientific article

A morphometric analysis of chloride cells in the gills of the teleosts Oreochromis alcalicus and Oreochromis niloticus and a description of presumptive urea-excreting cells in O. alcalicus

scientific article published in April 1991

A morphometric study of the lung of a Humboldt penguin (Sphenicus humboldti).

scientific article published in December 1987

A morphometric study of the lungs of different sized bats: correlations between structure and function of the chiropteran lung ⬇️

scientific article published on July 29, 1991

A qualitative and quantitative study of the lung of an ostrich, Struthio camelus.

scientific article

A scanning electron microscope study of the luminal surface specializations in the blood vessels of the pecten oculi in a diurnal bird, the black kite (Milvus migrans).

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A scanning electron microscope study of the pecten oculi of the black kite (Milvus migrans): possible involvement of melanosomes in protecting the pecten against damage by ultraviolet light ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 1994

A stereological comparison of villous and microvillous surfaces in small intestines of frugivorous and entomophagous bats: species, inter-individual and craniocaudal differences.

scientific article published in September 1997

A systematic study of the development of the airway (bronchial) system of the avian lung from days 3 to 26 of embryogenesis: a transmission electron microscopic study on the domestic fowl, Gallus gallus variant domesticus ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Adaptations of a tropical swamp worm, alma emini, for subsistence in a H2S-rich habitat: evolution of endosymbiotic bacteria, sulfide metabolizing bodies, and novel processes of elimination of neutralized sulfide complexes

scientific article published on January 1998

Alteration in vomeronasal system anatomy in alcelaphine antelopes: correlation with alteration in chemosensory investigation

scientific article

An allometric study of pulmonary morphometric parameters in birds, with mammalian comparisons

scientific article

Archaeorhynchus preserving significant soft tissue including probable fossilized lungs

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Comparative molecular developmental aspects of the mammalian- and the avian lungs, and the insectan tracheal system by branching morphogenesis: recent advances and future directions

scientific article (publication date: 7 August 2012)

Comparative morphometric analysis of lungs of the semifossorial giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus) and the subterranean Nigerian mole rat (Cryptomys foxi)

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

Comparative respiratory morphology: themes and principles in the design and construction of the gas exchangers

scientific article

Correlations between structure and function in the design of the bat lung: a morphometric study

scientific article published on 01 July 1984

Critical appraisal of some factors pertinent to the functional designs of the gas exchangers

scientific article published on 17 December 2016

Deconvoluting lung evolution: from phenotypes to gene regulatory networks

scientific article published on 26 July 2007

Development, structure, and function of a novel respiratory organ, the lung-air sac system of birds: to go where no other vertebrate has gone

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Development, structure, and function of a novel respiratory organ, the lung-air sac system of birds: to go where no other vertebrate has gone

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Developmental dynamics of the bronchial (airway) and air sac systems of the avian respiratory system from day 3 to day 26 of life: a scanning electron microscopic study of the domestic fowl, Gallus gallus variant domesticus

scientific article published on 11 July 2003

Evolution of air breathing: oxygen homeostasis and the transitions from water to land and sky

scientific article

Fasting in the ureotelic Lake Magadi tilapia, Alcolapia grahami, does not reduce its high metabolic demand, increasing its vulnerability to siltation events

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Functional morphology of the gas-gland cells of the air-bladder of Oreochromis alcalicus grahami (teleostei: cichlidae): an ultrastructural study on a fish adapted to a severe, highly alkaline environment

scientific article published on April 2000

Functional morphology of the respiratory organs of the air-breathing fish with particular emphasis on the African catfishes, Clarias mossambicus and C. gariepinus

scientific article published on 06 September 2018

Fundamental structural aspects and features in the bioengineering of the gas exchangers: comparative perspectives

scientific article

Gyrodactylus magadiensis n. sp. (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae) parasitising the gills of Alcolapia grahami (Perciformes, Cichlidae), a fish inhabiting the extreme environment of Lake Magadi, Kenya

scientific article published on 20 December 2019

Histological reactions to bites of Amblyomma variagatum and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) fed simultaneously on naive or sensitized rabbits

scientific article

Implicit mechanistic role of the collagen, smooth muscle, and elastic tissue components in strengthening the air and blood capillaries of the avian lung ⬇️

scientific article published on September 6, 2010

Inspiratory aerodynamic valving in the avian lung: functional morphology of the extrapulmonary primary bronchus

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Is the sheet-flow design a 'frozen core' (a Bauplan) of the gas exchangers? Comparative functional morphology of the respiratory microvascular systems: illustration of the geometry and rationalization of the fractal properties

scientific article

Light microscopic morphometry of the lung of 19 avian species

scientific article published on January 1982

Mammalian metabolic rates in the hottest fish on earth

scientific article published on 03 June 2016

Metabolism and antioxidant defense in the larval chironomid Tanytarsus minutipalpus: adjustments to diel variations in the extreme conditions of Lake Magadi.

scientific article

Metal accumulation in House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) from Thohoyandou, Limpopo province, South Africa

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2017

Micro-Focus X-Ray Tomography Study of the Microstructure and Morphometry of the Eggshell of Ostriches (Struthio Camerus).

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Minutialization at its extreme best! The underpinnings of the remarkable strengths of the air and the blood capillaries of the avian lung: a conundrum

scientific article published on 25 August 2007

Morphogenesis of the laminated, tripartite cytoarchitectural design of the blood-gas barrier of the avian lung: a systematic electron microscopic study on the domestic fowl, Gallus gallus variant domesticus

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Morphological and morphometric specializations of the lung of the Andean goose, Chloephaga melanoptera: A lifelong high-altitude resident

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Morphology and morphometry of the normal lung of the adult vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops).

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Morphometric and morphological study of the respiratory organs of the bimodally-breathing African sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus): Burchell (1822)

scientific article published on 23 July 2018

Morphometric characterization of the airway and vascular systems of the lung of the domestic pig, Sus scrofa: comparison of the airway, arterial and venous systems

scientific article published in November 2001

Morphometrics of the avian lung. 1. The domestic fowl (Gallus gallus variant domesticus).

scientific article

Morphometrics of the avian lung. 3. The structural design of the passerine lung

scientific article published on March 1984

Morphometrics of the avian lung. 4. The structural design of the charadriiform lung

scientific article published in April 1987

Pivotal debates and controversies on the structure and function of the avian respiratory system: setting the record straight

scientific article published on 28 July 2016

Rh proteins and NH4(+)-activated Na+-ATPase in the Magadi tilapia (Alcolapia grahami), a 100% ureotelic teleost fish.

scientific article published in August 2013

Scanning and transmission electron microscopic study of the tracheal air sac system in a grasshopper Chrotogonus senegalensis (Kraus)--Orthoptera: Acrididae: Pyrgomorphinae.

scientific article published in April 1989

Scanning electron microscope study of the morphology of the reptilian lung: the Savanna monitor lizard Varanus exanthematicus and the pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri

scientific article

Scanning electron microscope study of the spatial organization of the air and blood conducting components of the avian lung (Gallus gallus variant domesticus).

scientific article

Sizes, condition factors and sex ratios of the scattered populations of the small cichlid fish, Alcolapia grahami, that inhabits the lagoons and sites of Lake Magadi (Kenya), one of the most extreme aquatic habitat on Earth

scientific article published on 16 August 2019

Some recent advances on the study and understanding of the functional design of the avian lung: morphological and morphometric perspectives

scientific article

Spectacularly robust! Tensegrity principle explains the mechanical strength of the avian lung

scientific article published on 2 June 2006

Stereological methods for estimating the functional surfaces of the chiropteran small intestine ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 1995

Structural and Biomechanical Properties of the Exchange Tissue of the Avian Lung

scientific article

Structural failures of the blood-gas barrier and the epithelial-epithelial cell connections in the different vascular regions of the lung of the domestic fowl, Gallus gallus variant domesticus, at rest and during exercise

scientific article published on 10 January 2013

Study of Stress Induced Failure of the Blood-gas Barrier and the Epithelial-epithelial Cells Connections of the Lung of the Domestic Fowl, Gallus gallus Variant Domesticus after Vascular Perfusion

scientific article

Surface specialization of the capillary endothelium in the pecten oculi of the chicken, and their overt roles in pectineal haemodynamics and nutrient transfer to the inner neural retina

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Systematic analysis of hematopoietic, vasculogenetic, and angiogenetic phases in the developing embryonic avian lung, Gallus gallus variant domesticus

scientific article published in October 2004

The Effect of Music on Exercise Intensity among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study

scientific article published on 26 February 2018

The anatomy, physics, and physiology of gas exchange surfaces: is there a universal function for pulmonary surfactant in animal respiratory structures?

scientific article published on 31 August 2007

The design and the role of the nasal passages in temperature regulation in the dik-dik antelope (Rhynchotragus kirkii) with observations on the carotid rete

scientific article published in May 1984

The design of the avian respiratory system: development, morphology and function

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The lung of the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae: a microscopic and morphometric study

scientific article published on April 1989

The morphology and morphometry of the adult normal baboon lung (Papio anubis).

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The morphology of the lung of the East African tree frog Chiromantis petersi with observations on the skin and the buccal cavity as secondary gas exchange organs: A TEM and SEM study

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The morphology of the lung of the black mamba Dendroaspis polylepis (Reptilia: Ophidia: Elapidae). A scanning and transmission electron microscopic study

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The morphology of the pecten oculi of the ostrich, Struthio camelus

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

The thickness of avian blood-gas barrier: qualitative and quantitative observations.

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Thin and strong! The bioengineering dilemma in the structural and functional design of the blood-gas barrier

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Three-dimensional serial section computer reconstruction of the arrangement of the structural components of the parabronchus of the Ostrich, Struthio camelus lung

scientific article published in November 2009

Topical fluorouracil after surgery for ocular surface squamous neoplasia in Kenya: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published on June 2016

Trace elements in grass, cattle liver and sheep liver from districts surrounding Karatina, Kenya. I. Selenium

scientific article published on 01 May 1983

Trace elements in grass, cattle liver and sheep liver from districts surrounding Karatina, Kenya. II. Copper, molybdenum, zinc and sulphur

scientific article published on 01 May 1983

Ultrastructural characterization of the pulmonary cellular defences in the lung of a bird, the rock dove, Columba livia.

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What it takes to fly: the structural and functional respiratory refinements in birds and bats

scientific article

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