Battle of the Sexes: Researchers Change ‘Femaleness’ or ‘Maleness’ of Fruit Flies
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Sciences
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1727-3048
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2011.83.83