Reproductive biology: Direct delivery of costly sex peptides

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Gage, Matthew J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 13944282587     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.02.009     Document Type: Review

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