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Studies on the embryology of Microchiroptera

Part III. The histological changes in the genital organs and accessory reproductive structures during the sex-cycle of the Vespertilionid bat—Scotophilus wroughtoni (Thomas)

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Gopalakrishna, A. Studies on the embryology of Microchiroptera. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 30, 17–46 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051479

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