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M García-Tomás1, J Sánchez, M Piles

  • 1IRTA, Unitat de Cunicultura, Torre Marimón s/n, 08140 Caldes de Montbuí, Barcelona, Spain.

Animal Reproduction Science
|March 25, 2008
PubMed

Keywords:
spermatogenesisreproductive maturityhistologyrabbit development

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