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Trayhurn, P., Thurlby, P.L., Woodward, C.J.H., James, W.P.T. (1979). Thermoregulation in genetically obese rodents: the relationship to metabolic efficiency. In: Festing, M.F.W. (eds) Animal Models of Obesity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04201-2_12
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