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Swinging high and low: Why do the testes hang at different levels? A theory on surface area and thermoregulation

✍ Scribed by Arunachalam Kumar; C. Jairaj Kumar

Book ID: 116744176
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 51 KB
Volume: 70
Category: Article
ISSN: 0306-9877
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.06.023

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