What the flux? The evolution of oxygen cascades (Ep 86)
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Using a Low Altitude Mouse to Increase Arobic Capacity
The high altitude mouse has a higher capacity over all, but especially after we chronically acclimate it to this low pressure environment. The amount that the animals breathed was actually no difference between a high altitude populae an al altitude population. So they're not hyper ventilating, but they're extracting more oxygen from every breath,. And how are they extracting more oxygen ya in the lungs? It comes down to a few things. In a high altitude mouse, their lungs also work a little bit better at matching where the air goes in and out of the lungs when it's inhaled or exhaled. They really effectively do most effectively than the low altitude doesMost people don't realize just how
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