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13 - Neuroendocrine system

from Part II - Empirical analyses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2015

John William Prothero
John William Prothero
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University of Washington
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The Design of Mammals
A Scaling Approach
 , pp. 157 - 172
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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