Jack-of-all-trades master of all? Snake vertebrae have a generalist inner organization

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Die Naturwissenschaften

• Publication date

  2013-10-10

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00114-013-1102-xPMID 24113831
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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