Hormones and Reproduction in Chondrichthyan Fishes

Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates - Volume 1

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 209-237

  Maruska, Karen P ^a   Gelsleichter, James ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375009-9.10011-6     Document Type: Chapter

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