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All issues Volume 45 / No 2 (March-April 2005) Reprod. Nutr. Dev., 45 2 (2005) 151-162 References
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This article has an erratum: [https://doi.org/10.1051/rnd:2005042]

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Reprod. Nutr. Dev.
Volume 45, Number 2, March-April 2005
Page(s) 151 - 162
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/rnd:2005012
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