Fertilization

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 553-587

  Stepinska, Urszula ^a   Bakst, Murray R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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