The digestion of chitin by callitrichids
Studies of wild callitrichids reveal limited data about their complex diets. As insectivorous primates it is likely that they can digest chitin. Using the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus, as a model, this study assessed chitin digestibility and whether or not a variety of zoo-housed callitrichid...
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Edinburgh Napier University
2011
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.582822 |