Historical Contingency and Animal Diets: The Origins of Egg Eating in Snakes

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  2006-04-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/503118PMID 16671012
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