Mouse Models in Aging Research

The Mouse in Biomedical Research: History, Wild Mice, and Genetics: Volume 1-4, Second Edition

Volumn 1-4, Issue , 2006, Pages 637-672

  Flurkey, Kevin ^a   Currer, Joanne M ^a   Harrison, D E ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

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