Evolution and endocrinology the regulation of pregnancy outcomes

Medicine and Evolution: Current Applications, Future Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 99-126

  Vitzthum, Virginia J ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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