The eggshell : structure , composition and mineralization Maxwell
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Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, K1H 8M5, Canada, 2 INRA, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UR83 Recherches Avicoles, F-37380, Nouzilly, France, 3 Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Abteilung Proteomics und Signaltransduktion, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany, 4 Minerology and Petrology, University of Granada, Granada, 18002, Spain, 5 Faculty of Dentistry, and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2B2, Canada
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