Hormones and Reproductive Cycles in Bats

Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates - Volume 5

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 241-289

  Krishna, Amitabh ^a   Bhatnagar, Kunwar P ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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