Sexual Differentiation of the Zebra Finch Song System

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

• Publication date

  2004-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1196/annals.1298.015PMID 15313794
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