... (which are mainly active foragers) have relatively high maximal aerobic capacity during forced exercise ( V̇ O 2 ,max V̇ O 2 ,max ), whereas viviparous species have relatively low V̇ O 2 ,max V̇ O 2 ,max . Aerobic capacity Allometry Comparative method Evolutionary physiology Metabolism...

...-ocean research. Comparative method Functional morphology Rostrum Glandula oleofera Rete lubricans Fatty acids Co-evolution Summary : Analysis of the oil gland in billfishes suggests the oil serves multiple, non-mutually exclusive functions, including hydrodynamic, antibacterial...

... 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 allometry comparative method exercise locomotion mammals maximum oxygen consumption phylogeny V O 2max The scaling of mammalian energy metabolism to body size has been a subject of scientific study for more than a century...

... of phylogenetically based statistical methods indicates especially large changes in fiber-type composition during the evolution of horned lizards. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 28 9 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 comparative method fiber...

... developed, incorporated into `the comparative method', and applied to many physiological, biochemical, morphological and behavioral investigations. We now review the rationale for including phylogenetic information in comparative studies and briefly discuss three methods for doing this(independent contrasts...