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Sperm competition and brain size evolution in mammals

✍ Scribed by J.-F. LEMAÎTRE; S. A. RAMM; R. A. BARTON; P. STOCKLEY


Book ID
110911751
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
91 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
1010-061X

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