Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780321962751
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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Summary Introduction

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Thermoregulation is a mechanism by which the internal temperature of the body is maintained by exchanging heat with the surroundings. It occurs in ectothermal animals like fishes and amphibians. The endothermal animals have an internal mechanism for regulating and maintaining the temperature inside their body by the generation of energy in the metabolic reactions.

Therefore, the ectotherms and endotherms differ in the mechanism of the regulation of heat exchange inside the body due to the mechanism of thermoregulation.

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