Some observations on the ultrastructure of the hummingbird pectoral muscles.

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• Publication year

  1969

• Venue

  Canadian Journal of Zoology

• Publication date

  1969-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1139/Z69-133PMID 5343375
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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