The Secret World of Wild Mice

The Mouse in Biomedical Research

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 25-51

  Singleton, Grant R ^a   Krebs, Charles J ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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