A method for determining the muscle fibre length

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 51, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2008, Pages 41-44

  Puolanne, Eero ^a,b   Rasanen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Viikki EE ^*  (Finland)

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EID: 53649101177     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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