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Evolution of Animal Fats

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DR. F. B. SHORLAND'S letter on this subject may serve to direct attention to the large number and variety of animal fats the component acids of which are now known with adequate quantitative accuracy. This number is nevertheless still small in comparison with the large number of species of which the fats await similar study.

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HILDITCH, T. Evolution of Animal Fats. Nature 170, 925–926 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170925a0

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