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Chapter 50.2, Problem 3SB
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The extraembryonic membrane in birds and its functions.
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Birds are the amniotic animals that lay eggs, which contains an embryo enclosed in amniotic fluid. The yolk occupies the entire volume of the eggs in birds unlike the eggs of a mammal that contain less yolk. Yolk serves as food for the growing embryo.
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