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The relationship between ‘critical weight’ and 20-hydroxyecdysone in the female ixodid tick, Amblyomma hebraeum

✍ Scribed by Brian L. Weiss; W. Reuben Kaufman


Book ID
114052530
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
144 KB
Volume
47
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-1910

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