Reproductive Biology of the Laboratory Mouse

The Mouse in Biomedical Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 91-121

  Pritchett, Kathleen R ^a   Taft, Robert A ^b  

^a CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369454-6/50057-1     Document Type: Chapter

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