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A study of the fundamental cause of natural translucent areas in egg shells

C. J. Talbot Department of Physiology & Biochemistry, The University, Reading, RG6 2AJ, England
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C. Tyler Department of Physiology & Biochemistry, The University, Reading, RG6 2AJ, England
Pages 197-204 | Received 13 Jul 1973, Published online: 08 Nov 2007

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