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NEWS IN PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 18, Issue -, Pages 151-157Publisher
NEWS IN PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1152/nips.01438.2003
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Pulmonary surfactant controls the surface tension at the air-liquid interface within the lung. This system had a single evolutionary origin that predates the evolution of the vertebrates and lungs. The lipid composition of surfactant has been subjected to evolutionary selection pressures, particularly temperature, throughout the evolution of the vertebrates.
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