Intra-uterine position and anogenital distance in house mice: Consequences under field conditions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 925-934

  Drickamer, Lee C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001077037     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0096     Document Type: Article

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