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Egg Structure

Egg Structure is a topic in egg technology that examines the morphological and physicochemical organization of the egg’s constituent parts—principally shell, shell membranes, albumen, and yolk—and their interrelationships as determinants of the egg’s reproductive, nutritional, and processing properties.

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Chlorinated Hydrocarbons and Eggshell Changes in Raptorial and Fish-Eating Birds

Joseph J. Hickey, Daniel W. Anderson · Science · 1968 · 572 citations

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Critical Review of Variables Used to Define Effects of Fines in Redds of Large Salmonids

D. W. Chapman · Transactions of the American Fisheries Society · 1988 · 526 citations

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Avian eggshell mineralization: biochemical and functional characterization of matrix proteins

Yves Y. Nys, Joël Gautron, Juan Manuel Garcı́a-Ruiz et al. · Comptes Rendus Palevol · 2004 · 520 citations

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Changes Attributable to Pesticides in Egg Breakage Frequency and Eggshell Thickness in Some British Birds

D. A. Ratcliffe · Journal of Applied Ecology · 1970 · 505 citations

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The Avian Egg: Water Vapor Conductance, Shell Thickness, and Functional Pore Area

Amos Ar, C. V. Paganelli, Robert B. Reeves et al. · Ornithological Applications · 1974 · 502 citations

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  1. MT
    Maxwell T. Hincke

    University of Ottawa, Canada

    24 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. HR
    Hermann Rahn

    University at Buffalo, State University of New York, United States

    20 publications · 2K citations

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  3. CT
    C. Tyler

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    27 publications · 862 citations

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  4. DC
    D. Charles Deeming

    University of Lincoln, United Kingdom

    19 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. RR
    R. Rappaport

    Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, United States

    19 publications · 968 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Marine Biological Laboratory

    Woods Hole, United States

    33 h-index

    122 publications

    4.9K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    106 publications

    4.5K citations

  3. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    24 h-index

    89 publications

    3.8K citations

  4. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    82 publications

    4.5K citations

  5. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    23 h-index

    47 publications

    4.1K citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    23 h-index

    100 publications

    3.5K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    22 h-index

    50 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    22 h-index

    43 publications

    2.2K citations

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  1. Poultry Science

    360 publications · 13.6K citations

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  2. Developmental Biology

    79 publications · 4.4K citations

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  3. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 47 publications · 4.2K citations

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  4. British Poultry Science

    118 publications · 4.8K citations

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  5. Journal of Experimental Zoology

    JEZ · 94 publications · 4K citations

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