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Transfer of toxic concentrations of selenium from parent to progeny in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)

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  1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Monticello Ecological Research Station, P.O. Box 500, 55362, Monticello, Minnesota, USA

    Randall Schultz & Roger Hermanutz

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Schultz, R., Hermanutz, R. Transfer of toxic concentrations of selenium from parent to progeny in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 45, 568–573 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01700630

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