Mammalian sex reversal and intersexuality: deciphering the sex-determination cascade
β Scribed by Daniel Vaiman; Eric Pailhoux
- Book ID
- 114172644
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 420 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-9525
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