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Placental invasiveness and brain–body allometry in eutherian mammals

✍ Scribed by M. G. ELLIOT; B. J. CRESPI

Book ID
110911512
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Weight
365 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
1010-061X

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