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Sperm length, sperm storage and mating system characteristics in bumblebees

✍ Scribed by B. Baer; P. Schmid-Hempel; J. T. Høeg; J. J. Boomsma

Publisher
Springer
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
240 KB
Volume
50
Category
Article
ISSN
0020-1812

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