Yolk testosterone levels and dietary carotenoids influence growth and immunity of grey partridge chicks
- 1 April 2008
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in General and Comparative Endocrinology
- Vol. 156 (2) , 418-425
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.12.010
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