Morphological description of the developing ostrich embryo: A tool for embryonic age estimation

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 87-97

  Gefen, Eran ^a   Ar, Amos ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0002469365     PISSN: 00212210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/H2T8-1H2U-81H1-P5XY     Document Type: Article

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