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Mammals exposed to sufficiently severe hypoxia die. However, if the mammals are first exposed to a lesser degree of hypoxia for long enough, acclimation occurs and the animal may survive. It is the purpose of this paper to describe studies of possible mechanisms of this acclimation.
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Betts, W.F., Longmuir, I.S. (1986). Effect of Hypoxia on the Endoplasmic Reticulum of Mouse Liver. In: Longmuir, I.S. (eds) Oxygen Transport to Tissue VIII. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 200. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5188-7_52
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