Genetics of Sex Determination and Differentiation

Fetal and Neonatal Physiology: Third Edition

Volumn 2-2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1935-1941

  Erickson, Robert P ^a   Blecher, Stan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 84911200931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-9654-6.50192-2     Document Type: Chapter

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