Anatomy and evolution of copulatory structures

Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Birds, Part A: Phylogeny, Morphology, Hormones and Fertilization

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 115-148

  Montgomerie, Robert ^a   Briskie, James ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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