A bone for all seasons

Kevin Padian ()
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Kevin Padian: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

Nature, 2012, vol. 487, issue 7407, 310-311

Abstract: Because mammals have such high metabolic rates, it has long been thought that their growth is invulnerable to seasonal variation. But their bones turn out to contain annual lines, just as those of cold-blooded animals do. See Letter p.358

Date: 2012
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