Heterosis in the second and third generation affects litter size in a crossbreed mink (Neovison vison) population
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عنوان ژورنال: Arhiv za bioloske nauke
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0354-4664,1821-4339
DOI: 10.2298/abs1403097t