Annelid Endocrine Disruptors and a Survey of Invertebrate FMRFamide-Related Peptides
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Annelid Endocrine Disruptors and a Survey of Invertebrate FMRFamide-Related Peptides.
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عنوان ژورنال: Integrative and Comparative Biology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1540-7063,1557-7023
DOI: 10.1093/icb/45.1.88