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Breathing: Comparative Aspects of the Respiratory System

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The respiratory system of animals is composed of cellular respiration for provision of energy, respiratory gas exchange via a respiratory membrane to provide the body with substrates for cellular respiration, and a transportation system whenever necessary to bring the two together.

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Acknowledgement

The work was in part supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF grant SFB F4606-B19.

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  1. Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

    Hanna Schöpper & Cordula Bartel

  2. Comparative Medicine, Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Krisztina Szalai

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Correspondence to Hanna Schöpper or Krisztina Szalai .

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  1. Comparative Medicine, Medical University Vienna and University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Messerli Research Institute, Vienna, Wien, Austria

    Erika Jensen-Jarolim

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Schöpper, H., Bartel, C., Szalai, K. (2014). Breathing: Comparative Aspects of the Respiratory System. In: Jensen-Jarolim, E. (eds) Comparative Medicine. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1559-6_11

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