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Is the Evolution of Viviparity Accompanied by a Relative Increase in Maternal Abdomen Size in Lizards?

✍ Scribed by Sun, Yan-Yan; Du, Yu; Yang, Jing; Fu, Tian-Bao; Lin, Chi-Xian; Ji, Xiang


Book ID
115494626
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
2012
Tongue
English
Weight
429 KB
Volume
39
Category
Article
ISSN
0071-3260

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