Plasma sex hormone concentrations during the reproductive cycle in the male lizard, Podarcis s. sicula
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عنوان ژورنال: Reproduction
سال: 1990
ISSN: 1470-1626,1741-7899
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.0900353