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John Maina
John Maina
Professor of Anatomy, University of johannesburg
Verified email at uj.ac.za
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Evolution of air breathing: oxygen homeostasis and the transitions from water to land and sky
CCW Hsia, A Schmitz, M Lambertz, SF Perry, JN Maina
Comprehensive Physiology 3 (2), 849, 2013
2562013
Thin and strong! The bioengineering dilemma in the structural and functional design of the blood-gas barrier
JN Maina, JB West
Physiological reviews 85 (3), 811-844, 2005
2352005
What it takes to fly: the structural and functional respiratory refinements in birds and bats
JN Maina
Journal of Experimental Biology 203 (20), 3045-3064, 2000
2302000
Structure, function and evolution of the gas exchangers: comparative perspectives
JN Maina
Journal of anatomy 201 (4), 281-304, 2002
1702002
Development, structure, and function of a novel respiratory organ, the lung-air sac system of birds: to go where no other vertebrate has gone
JN Maina
Biological Reviews 81 (4), 545-579, 2006
1382006
An allometric study of pulmonary morphometric parameters in birds, with mammalian comparisons
JN Maina, AS King, G Settle
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological …, 1989
1261989
Some recent advances on the study and understanding of the functional design of the avian lung: morphological and morphometric perspectives
JN Maina
Biological Reviews 77 (1), 97-152, 2002
1172002
The lung-air sac system of birds: development, structure, and function
J Maina
Springer Science & Business Media, 2005
1062005
A qualitative and quantitative study of the lung of an ostrich, Struthio camelus
JN Maina, C Nathaniel
Journal of Experimental Biology 204 (13), 2313-2330, 2001
1062001
Comparative respiratory morphology: themes and principles in the design and construction of the gas exchangers
JN Maina
The Anatomical Record: An Official Publication of the American Association …, 2000
1032000
The thickness of avian blood-gas barrier: qualitative and quantitative observations.
JN Maina, AS King
Journal of Anatomy 134 (Pt 3), 553, 1982
931982
Urea production, acid–base regulation and their interactions in the Lake Magadi tilapia, a unique teleost adapted to a highly alkaline environment
CM Wood, HL Bergman, P Laurent, JN Maina, A Narahara, PJ Walsh
Journal of Experimental Biology 189 (1), 13-36, 1994
891994
The morphometry of the avian lung
JN Maina
Form and function in birds 4, 307-368, 1989
891989
Morphometric characterization of the airway and vascular systems of the lung of the domestic pig, Sus scrofa: comparison of the airway, arterial and venous systems
JN Maina, P Van Gils
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative …, 2001
842001
Factors influencing motile activities of fish chromatophores
JL Arpigny, J Coyette, S Davail, G Feller, E Fonzé, EC Foulkes, JM Frère, ...
Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology: Volume 20, 1-54, 1994
841994
The gas exchangers: structure, function, and evolution of the respiratory processes
JN Maina
Springer Science & Business Media, 2012
812012
Morphometrics of the avian lung. 1. The domestic fowl (Gallus gallus variant domesticus)
MA Abdalla, JN Maina, AS King, DZ King, J Henry
Respiration Physiology 47 (3), 267-278, 1982
791982
A systematic study of the development of the airway (bronchial) system of the avian lung from days 3 to 26 of embryogenesis: a transmission electron microscopic study on the …
JN Maina
Tissue and Cell 35 (5), 375-391, 2003
742003
A morphometric study of the lungs of different sized bats: correlations between structure and function of the chiropteran lung
JN Maina, SP Thomas, DM Hyde
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B …, 1991
741991
Composite cellular defence stratagem in the avian respiratory system: functional morphology of the free (surface) macrophages and specialized pulmonary epithelia
LN Nganpiep, JN Maina
Journal of Anatomy 200 (5), 499-516, 2002
722002
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