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10 - Digestive system

from Part II - Empirical analyses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2015

John William Prothero
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University of Washington
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The Design of Mammals
A Scaling Approach
, pp. 123 - 136
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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  • Digestive system
  • John William Prothero, University of Washington
  • Book: The Design of Mammals
  • Online publication: 05 November 2015
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316275108.010
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  • John William Prothero, University of Washington
  • Book: The Design of Mammals
  • Online publication: 05 November 2015
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316275108.010
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