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Meanings of homoiothermic in English

Of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature.

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        This intrinsic pattern distinguished homeothermic groups and early vs. late winter hibernators.
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        At about the same time, they become homeostatic and homeothermic, as mammals are.
        A Case of Conscience
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        These results suggest that the evolutionarily ancient temperature resetting response can be used in homeothermic animals to enhance internal circadian synchronization.
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        Together, these results suggest how the size of functional domains in homeothermic cells may be regulated through changes in lipid composition.
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        Environmental temperature cycles are a universal entraining cue for all circadian systems at the organismal level with the exception of homeothermic vertebrates.
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