Smaller dogs need more calories per pound but less total calories than larger dogs to support basic metabolism. (highhopesforpets.com)
Interestingly, the Lingula genes associated with basic metabolism show the slowest evolutionary change among lophotrochozoans. (sciencedaily.com)
The findings «affect how we understand basic metabolism,» says L. Bruce Gladden, an exercise biochemist at Auburn University in Alabama. (sciencemag.org)