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The functional significance of residual yolk in lizards

Residual yolk is assumed to be an important source of energy and nutrients during early life in nonmammalian amniotes. Available data show that the mean size of residual yolk is far smaller in lizards than in turtles, snakes, crocodiles, and birds, raising a question of whether residual yolk is of f...

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Autores principales: Guo, Kun, Wang, Cai-Feng, Du, Yu, Qu, Yan-Fu, Braña, Florentino, Ji, Xiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10120983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37091998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoac098