Changes in form and function of the gastrointestinal tract during starvation: From pythons to rats

Comparative Physiology of Fasting, Starvation, and Food Limitation

Volumn 9783642290565, Issue , 2012, Pages 217-236

  Lignot, Jehan Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29056-5_14     Document Type: Chapter

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