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The hearts of large mammals generate higher pressures, are less efficient and use more energy than those of

small mammals.  doi.org/10.1242/jeb.199554.

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Relationship between capillaries, mitochondria and maximum power of the heart:  a meta-study from shrew

to elephant.  doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2461.

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Functional morphology of the ankle extensor muscle-tendon units in the springhare Pedetes capensis shows

convergent evolution with macropods for bipedal hopping locomotion.  doi.org/10.1111/joa.13214.

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Scaling of cardiac morphology is interrupted by birth in the developing sheep Ovis aries.

doi.org/10.1111/joa.12990.

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Scaling of morphology and ultrastructure of hearts among wild African antelope.

doi.org/10.1242/jeb.184713.

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Flight metabolic rate of Locusta migratoria in relation to oxygen partial pressure in atmospheres of varying

diffusivity and density.  doi.org/10.1242/jeb.168187.

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Scaling of the ankle extensor muscle-tendon units and the biomechanical implications for bipedal hopping

locomotion in the post-pouch kangaroo Macropus fuliginosusdoi.org/10.1111/joa.12715.

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A structure-function analysis of the left ventricle.

doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00435.2016.

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Scaling of left ventricle cardiomyocyte ultrastructure across development in the kangaroo Macropus fuliginosusdoi.org/10.1242/jeb.119453.

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Biphasic allometry of cardiac growth in the developing kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus.

doi.org/10.1086/679718.

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Department of Anatomy and Physiology, and Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Research, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa

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