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The Control of Mammalian Female Meiosis: Factors that Influence Chromosome Segregation

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Hunt, P.A. The Control of Mammalian Female Meiosis: Factors that Influence Chromosome Segregation. J Assist Reprod Genet 15, 246–252 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022580024402

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