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Mechanism of Carbohydrate Breakdown in Early Embryonic Development

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DURING the past twelve months, we have been engaged in a systematic study of the intermediary mechanisms of carbohydrate breakdown in the chick embryo in the first week of its developmental period. Although we have not yet brought our work to a conclusion, we wish to give an interim summary of it.

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NEEDHAM, J., NOWISKI, W., COOK, R. et al. Mechanism of Carbohydrate Breakdown in Early Embryonic Development. Nature 138, 462–463 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138462b0

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