Molecular genetics of sea turtles

The Biology of Sea Turtles

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-162

  Jensen, Michael P ^a   FitzSimmons, Nancy N ^b   Dutton, Peter H ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b13895     Document Type: Chapter

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