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Morphological Assessment of the Sperm of Honey Bee Drones Apis Mellifera L. as an Indicator of Its Quality

Gulov A., Laskin A., Lapynina E., Brandorf A.

Volume 5, Issue 3, 2022

Gulov A.N., Laskin A.S., Lapynina E.P., Brandorf A.Z. (2022). Morphological Assessment of the Sperm of Honey Bee Drones Apis Mellifera L. as an Indicator of Its Quality. Agricultural and Livestock Technology, 5(3). DOI: 10.15838/alt.2022.5.3.6 URL: http://azt-journal.ru/article/29329?_lang=en

DOI: 10.15838/alt.2022.5.3.6

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