Selection for components related to body composition in mice: correlated responses
β Scribed by E. J. Eisen
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 933 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-5752
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