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. 1973 Apr;114(Pt 3):321–328.

The ultrastructure of the boundary tissue of the seminiferous tubule in the testis of the domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus).

B Rothwell, M D Tingari
PMCID: PMC1271447  PMID: 4716137

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