Hypophyseal control of guanophores in anuran larvae
β Scribed by Bagnara, Joseph T.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1958
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 930 KB
- Volume
- 137
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-104X
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