Hormones and Pregnancy in Eutherian Mammals

Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates - Volume 5

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 73-94

  Bazer, Fuller W ^a   Spencer, Thomas E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374928-4.10005-7     Document Type: Chapter

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