Placental Structure and Comments on Gestational Ultrasonographic Examination

Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Cetacea: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 331-348

  Miller, Debra L ^a   Styer, Eloise L ^a   Menchaca, Maya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Miami Seaquarium   (United States)

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EID: 84863482333     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b11001-15     Document Type: Chapter

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