Sex steroid hormone receptors in fish ovaries

The Fish Oocyte: From Basic Studies to Biotechnological Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 203-233

  Thomas, Peter ^a   Tubbs, Christopher ^a   Berg, Hakan ^a   Dressing, Gwen ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6235-3_8     Document Type: Chapter

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