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Sexual selection and the allometry of earwig forceps

โœ Scribed by L. W. Simmons; J. L. Tomkins

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
686 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
0269-7653

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