Gonadal Effects of a Mouse Denys-Drash Syndrome Mutation
β Scribed by C.E. Patek; P.T.K. Saunders; C.G. Miles; R.L. Berry; N.D. Hastie; R.M. Sharpe; M.L. Hooper
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 704 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0962-8819
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