Heritability of alcohol preference in laboratory mice and rats: Erroneous estimates
β Scribed by Glayde Whitney; G. E. McClearn; J. C. DeFries
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 216 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-8244
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