The most perfect thing : inside (and outside) a bird's egg /: inside (and outside) a bird's egg. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tim Birkhead.
• Authors: Birkhead, T. R
• Contents: Climmers and collectors -- Making shells -- The shape of eggs -- Colouring eggs : how? -- Colouring eggs : why? -- Much ado about albumen : the microbe war -- Yolk, ovaries, and fertilisation -- Stupendious love : laying, incubation, and hatching -- Lupton's legacy.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 598.1468; Zoology & animal sciences; Birds -- Eggs; Birds -- Embryology; Birds -- Reproduction; Birds -- Eggs; Birds -- Embryology; Birds -- Reproduction; Nature -- Animals -- Birds; Natural history; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781408851265; 1408851261; 9781632863713; 1632863715
• Related ISBNs: 9781632863690; 1632863693
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-265) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.