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The energetic efficiency of metabolism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

A. J. F Webster
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol BS18 7DU
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium On ‘Integration of Metabolism’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1981

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