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Physiological, Morphological and Behavioural Adaptation to a Sodium Deficient Environment by Wild Native Australian and Introduced Species of Animals

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Native Australian and introduced species of animals are adapted to severe sodium deficiency. Effects of such a deficiency are aggravated by pregnancy and lactation, and it has been shown that mechanisms controlling sodium homeostasis in wild rabbits are subject to profound stress.

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BLAIR-WEST, J., COGHLAN, J., DENTON, D. et al. Physiological, Morphological and Behavioural Adaptation to a Sodium Deficient Environment by Wild Native Australian and Introduced Species of Animals. Nature 217, 922–928 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217922a0

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