Nocturnal loss of muscle protein from House sparrows (Passer domesticus)
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- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 192 (1) , 33-39
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1980.tb04217.x
Abstract
An overall loss of protein was considered to be the explanation for at least some of the observed loss of lean dry material from muscle of wild House sparrows overnight.Keywords
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