Elephant temporal gland ultrastructure and androgen secretion during musth

Current Science

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1467-1471

  Rajaram, A ^a   Krishnamurthy, V ^b  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; ELEPHAS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 4444249560     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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