Of mice, medicine, and genetics: C. C. Little's creation of the inbred laboratory mouse, 1909-1918

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-343

  Rader, Karen A ^a  

^a SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0033196145     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(99)00015-1     Document Type: Article

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