The painted turtle, Chrysemys picta: A model system for vertebrate evolution, ecology, and human health

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Valenzuela, Nicole ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73349083689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.emo124     Document Type: Article

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