Avian eggshell pigments and their variability

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 607-612

  Miksik I ^a   Holan V ^b   Deyl, Z ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

biliverdin red backed shrike; eggshell; environment; metalloporphyrin; pigment; porphyrin; protoporphyrin

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; EGG SHELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029928090     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(95)02073-X     Document Type: Article

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