Oxytocin dosage in turtles

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 321-324

  Tucker, John K ^a   Thomas, Donald L ^b   Rose, Jason ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 38349145347     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[321:ODIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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