Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone: Forms and Functions in Birds

Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-85

  Dunn, Ian C ^a   Millam, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone

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EID: 0002217811     PISSN: 14702061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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