Heritability of the somatotype components in Biscay families

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-210

  Rebato, E ^a   Jelenkovic, A ^a   Salces, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 34547553714     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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