Pinniped penises in trade: A molecular-genetic investigation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1365-1374

  Malik, S ^a   Wilson, P J ^a   Smith, R J ^b,c   Lavigne, D M ^b,c   White, B N ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Intl Marine Mammal Association Inc   (Canada)

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EID: 0031471567     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96125.x     Document Type: Article

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