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Geometric analysis of airway trees shows that lung anatomy evolved to enable explosive ventilation and prevent barotrauma in cetaceans
View ORCID ProfileRobert L. Cieri, Merryn H. Tawhai, Marina Piscitelli-Doshkov, A. Wayne Vogl, View ORCID ProfileRobert E. Shadwick
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.16.618729
Robert L. Cieri
1Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Merryn H. Tawhai
2The Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Auckland, New Zealand
Marina Piscitelli-Doshkov
1Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
3North Carolina Aquarium at Jannette’s Pier, Nags Head NC, United States
A. Wayne Vogl
1Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Robert E. Shadwick
1Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Posted October 18, 2024.
Geometric analysis of airway trees shows that lung anatomy evolved to enable explosive ventilation and prevent barotrauma in cetaceans
Robert L. Cieri, Merryn H. Tawhai, Marina Piscitelli-Doshkov, A. Wayne Vogl, Robert E. Shadwick
bioRxiv 2024.10.16.618729; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.16.618729
Geometric analysis of airway trees shows that lung anatomy evolved to enable explosive ventilation and prevent barotrauma in cetaceans
Robert L. Cieri, Merryn H. Tawhai, Marina Piscitelli-Doshkov, A. Wayne Vogl, Robert E. Shadwick
bioRxiv 2024.10.16.618729; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.16.618729
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