The relationship between plasma steroid hormone concentrations and the reproductive cycle in the Northern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus.

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  2010

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  General and Comparative Endocrinology

• Publication date

  2010-05-01

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  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.01.026PMID 20138180
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