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Lipoid Changes in the Gonads of Wild Birds: Their Possible Bearing on Hormone Production, Sexual Display and the Breeding Season

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MARSHALL, A., COOMBS, C. Lipoid Changes in the Gonads of Wild Birds: Their Possible Bearing on Hormone Production, Sexual Display and the Breeding Season. Nature 169, 261–264 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169261a0

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