Ornithine-urea cycle and urea synthesis in African lungfishes, Protopterus aethiopicus and Protopterus annectens, exposed to terrestrial conditions for six days.

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  2005

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Comparative Experimental Biology

• Publication date

  2005-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/JEZ.A.147PMID 15828011
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