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Genetic Analysis of a Successful Repatriation Programme: Giant Galápagos Tortoises

✍ Scribed by Michel C. Milinkovitch, Daniel Monteyne, James P. Gibbs, Thomas H. Fritts, Washington Tapia, Howard L. Snell, Ralph Tiedemann, Adalgisa Caccone and Jeffrey R. Powell

Book ID
125048962
Publisher
The Royal Society
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
836 KB
Volume
271
Category
Article
ISSN
0080-4649

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