Testicular Structure and Control of Sperm Development in Amphibians

Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates - Volume 2

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 39-53

  Propper, Catherine R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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