Spermatogenesis and testicular cycles

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 279-347

  Aire, Tom A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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