Metabolic depression: a historical perspective
An extended period of inactivity and reduced metabolic rate of many animals and plants, as well as unicellular organisms, has long been recognized by natural historians, e.g., Aristotle and Pliny. Biologists have studied this phenomenon since the 1550s (Gessner) and 1700s (Van Leeuwenhoek, Buffon)....
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22726 |