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Determination of Reproductive Competence by Confirming Pubertal Onset and Performing a Fertility Assay in Mice and Rats
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Determination of Reproductive Competence by Confirming Pubertal Onset and Performing a Fertility Assay in Mice and Rats

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[Heritability of fertility in human populations and the structure of Crow's index]

L P Bol'shakova, A A Revazov

    Genetika
    |February 1, 1988
    PubMed

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