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Toxic effects of mercuric chloride, methylmercuric chloride, and emisan 6 (an organic mercurial fungicide) on ovarian recrudescence in the catfishClarias batrachus (L.)

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Kirubagaran, R., Joy, K.P. Toxic effects of mercuric chloride, methylmercuric chloride, and emisan 6 (an organic mercurial fungicide) on ovarian recrudescence in the catfishClarias batrachus (L.). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 41, 902–909 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02021053

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