Regulation and function of estrogen receptors: Comparative aspects

Hormones And Their Receptors In Fish Reproduction

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 224-253

  Menuet, A ^a   Adrio, F ^a   Kah, O ^a   Pakdel, F ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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DOI: 10.1142/9789812569189_0007     Document Type: Chapter

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