Avian epidermal lipids: Functional considerations and relationship to feathering

American Zoologist

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 540-552

  Menon, Gopinathan K ^a,b   Menon, Jaishri ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23044523249     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/40.4.540     Document Type: Article

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