Hormones, Sex Accessory Structures, and Secondary Sexual Characteristics in Amphibians

Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates - Volume 2

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 83-98

  Sever, David M ^a   Staub, Nancy L ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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