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The eggshell structure in apteryx; form, function, and adaptation
Apteryx is a genus of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand known to lay very large eggs in proportion to body weight. The eggshell of Apteryx is unusually thin and less porous than allometrically expected possibly as a compensation for a very long incubation period. Past studies have been carried...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8019059/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33841776 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7266 |