"August 2004" / Bibliography: leaves 220-255. / xiii, 255 leaves, [22 p.] : ill., plates ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / The author has investigated the formation, and protein compostition, of the outer dense fibres and fibrous sheath of a model marsupial species, the brush-tail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Anatomical Sciences, 2004