Aspartic acid racemization rate in narwhal (Monodon monoceros) eye lens nuclei estimated by counting of growth layers in tusks
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Aspartic acid racemization rate in narwhal (Monodon monoceros) eye lens nuclei estimated by counting of growth layers in tusks Eva Garde, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Susanne Ditlevsen & Steen H. Hansen 1 Center for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5 7, DK-1350 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark 2 Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, PO Box 570, DK-3900 Nuuk, Greenland 3 Department of Mathematical Sciences, Center of Applied Statistics, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark 4 Department of Pharmaceutics and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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