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All issues Volume 45 / No 4 (July-August 2005) Reprod. Nutr. Dev., 45 4 (2005) 419-425 References
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Reprod. Nutr. Dev.
Volume 45, Number 4, July-August 2005
Page(s) 419 - 425
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/rnd:2005031
References of Reprod. Nutr. Dev. 45 419-425
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