Cell–Cell Signaling in the Testis and Ovary

Handbook of Cell Signaling, Second Edition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 2663-2678

  Skinner, Michael K ^a   Nilsson, Eric E ^a   Bhandari, Ramji K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374145-5.00314-4     Document Type: Chapter

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