Seasonal adaptation of brown adipose tissue in the Djungarian hamster
β Scribed by Johannes Rafael; Pavel Vsiansky; Gerhard Heldmaier
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 813 KB
- Volume
- 155
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0174-1578
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