Identification of androgen-responsive genes in fish testis
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ORGANISM(S): Oncorhynchus mykiss
SUBMITTER: 
Jean-Jacques Lareyre Florence Le Gac Antoine D Rolland Rémi Houlgatte Aurélie Lardenois Fréderic Chalmel Anne-Sophie Goupil
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-16030 | ArrayExpress | 2009-09-01
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): GSE16030PRJNA115385
REPOSITORIES: GEO, ArrayExpress
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