How old mothers can have young offspring
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Mating Behaviour: Promiscuous Mothers Have Healthier Young
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1540-8140,0021-9525
DOI: 10.1083/jcb1607rr2