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The egg-lipid composition of the ‘living fossil’ reptile tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

✍ Scribed by D. R. Body

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1985
Tongue: English
Weight: 351 KB
Volume: 41
Category: Article
ISSN: 1420-682X
DOI: 10.1007/bf01952141

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