homeothermic:
animals that can maintain a constant body temperature.
homozygous: two identical
alleles that are present for a particular
characteristic.
Full article >>>homeothermic Having a nearly uniform body temperature, regulated independent of the
environmental temperature; "warm blooded."
homeotic genes Genes, identified through
mutations, that give developmental
identity to specific body
segments.
Full article >>>Homeothermic the ability of an
organism to maintain a constant body temperature (usually because that
organism is also
endothermic)
(homo homeo = same like alike; thermo = heat) ...
Full article >>>homeothermic Any warm-blooded
animal (mammal or bird that can maintain its body temperature within a narrow range, usually above that of its surroundings despite large
variations in
environmental temperature.
Full article >>>Many
homeothermic, or warm-blooded,
animals also make use of these techniques at times. For example, all
animals are at risk of overheating on hot days in the desert sun , and most
homeothermic animals can shiver.
Full article >>>Wakelin Barratt, it has been shown that under certain pathological conditions a warm-blooded (
homeothermic)
animal may become for a time cold-blooded (
poikilothermic).
Full article >>>Unlike reptiles, birds are
homeothermic ("warm blooded"), maintaining a constant body temperature (usually around 40C) despite wide fluctuations in the temperature of their surroundings.
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