The most perfect thing : inside (and outside) a bird's egg / Tim Birkhead.

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Published: New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury USA, 2016.
Main Author:
Birkhead, Tim (Author)
Subjects:
Birds > Eggs
Birds > Embryology.
Birds > Reproduction.
Format: Book
The most perfect thing : inside (and outside) a bird's egg /
Table of Contents:
  • Climmers and collectors
  • Making shells
  • The shape of eggs
  • Colouring eggs : how?
  • Colouring eggs : why?
  • Much ado about albumen : the microbe war
  • Yolk, ovaries and fertilisation
  • Stupendious love : laying, incubation and hatching
  • Epilogue : Lupton's legacy.

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