Hormonal mechanisms as potential constraints on evolution: Examples from the anura

American Zoologist

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 482-490

  Hayes, Tyrone B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 21944454364     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/37.6.482     Document Type: Article

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