Cloning and expression of aromatase in a turtle with temperature-dependent sex determination
✍ Scribed by Chris Murdock; Thane Wibbels
- Book ID
- 114032946
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 480 KB
- Volume
- 130
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-6480
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