Avian Testicular Structure, Function, and Regulation

Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates - Volume 4

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 27-70

  Deviche, Pierre ^a   Hurley, Laura L ^a   Fokidis, H Bobby ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374929-1.10002-2     Document Type: Chapter

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