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A Review of eggshell pigmentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

M. R. Lang  and
J. W. Wells
M. R. Lang
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetic Research, Edinburgh Research Station, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PS.
J. W. Wells
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetic Research, Edinburgh Research Station, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PS.
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , October 1987 , pp. 238 - 246
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