期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1974
卷号：71
期号：2
页码：451-454
DOI：10.1073/pnas.71.2.451
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Chicken eggs incubated under hatchery conditions for 19 days show significant decreases in the total content of water and organic nitrogen, but not of sodium or potassium. The hypothesis is discussed that the formation of gaseous nitrogen is responsible for the nitrogen loss.
