Anatomy with Particular Reference to the Female

Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Cetacea: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 147-170

  Plön, Stephanie ^a,b   Bernard, Ric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 85152806808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b11001-8     Document Type: Chapter

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